Gate driver ASIC for an automotive starter/alternator
AssigneeInternational Rectifier Corporation
InventorBertrand Vaysse
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Abstract
A starter/alternator system for an engine and a battery of an automobile are provided. The system includes a starter/alternator machine; a three phase MOSgate control inverter/bridge electrically coupled to the starter/alternator machine, the three phase MOSgate control inverter/bridge including bridge connected MOSgated devices; a control ASIC electrically coupled to the bridge connected MOSgated devices of the three phase MOSgate control inverter/bridge, the control ASIC including all control circuitry required to control the starter/alternator machine; and a motor drive circuit electrically coupled to the control ASIC.
Claims13
A starter/alternator system for an engine and a battery of an automobile, comprising:
- a starter/alternator machine;
- a three phase MOSgate control inverter/bridge electrically coupled to the starter/alternator machine, the three phase MOSgate control inverter/bridge including bridge connected MOSgated devices;
- a control ASIC electrically coupled to the bridge connected MOSgated devices of the three phase MOSgate control inverter/bridge, the control ASIC including all control circuitry required to control the starter/alternator machine;
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- a motor drive circuit electrically coupled to the control ASIC.
A control ASIC for use in a starter/alternator system for an engine and a battery of an automobile, the control ASIC comprising:
- an ASIC configured to electrically coupled to bridge connected MOSgated devices of a three phase MOSgate control inverter/bridge of the starter/alternator system, the control ASIC including all control circuitry required to control a starter/alternator machine of the starter/alternator system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.