Switch
AssigneeSTMicroelectronics International N.V.
InventorLaurent MOINDRON
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an electronic device for driving a switch. An example electronic device for driving a switch includes: a first d driving circuit of the switch referenced to the first terminal adapted receive an alternating potential, formed on a first substrate, and comprising a first diode whose cathode is connected to the first substrate; a second driving circuit referenced to the second terminal adapted to receive a reference potential, formed on a second substrate, and comprising a second diode whose cathode is connected to the second substrate; and an anode of the first diode is connected to the second driving circuit, and an anode of the second diode is connected to the first driving circuit.
Claims15
An electronic device for driving a switch comprising:
- a first terminal adapted to receive an alternating potential;
- a second terminal adapted to receive a reference potential;
- a first driving circuit of the switch referenced to the first terminal, formed on a first substrate, and comprising a first diode whose cathode region is connected to the first substrate;
- a second driving circuit referenced to the second terminal formed on a second substrate different from the first substrate, and comprising a second diode whose cathode region is connected to the second substrate;
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- wherein an anode region of the first diode is connected to the second driving circuit, and an anode region of the second diode is connected to the first driving circuit.
A method of controlling a load supplied by a power supply adapted to supply an alternating voltage, in which the load is connected to the power supply by a switch, the switch comprising:
- a first terminal adapted to receive an alternating potential;
- a second terminal adapted to receive a reference potential;
- a first thyristor whose cathode is connected to the first terminal, and whose anode is connected to the second terminal;
- a first driving circuit of the switch referenced to the first terminal, formed on a first substrate, and comprising a first diode whose cathode region is connected to the first substrate;
- a second driving circuit of a second thyristor referenced to the second terminal formed on a second substrate different from the first substrate, and comprising a second diode whose cathode region is connected to the second substrate;
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- wherein an anode region of the first diode is connected to a second driving circuit, and an anode region of the second diode is connected to a first driving circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.