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US 9,960,704 B2Granted
Circuit arrangement with a rectifier circuit
AssigneeInfineon Technologies Austria AG
InventorsGerald Deboy, Anthony Sanders, Rolf Weis
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Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, a method includes receiving by a drive circuit electrical power from a voltage tap of a first rectifier circuit that includes a load path and a voltage tap, and using the electrical power by the drive circuit to drive a second rectifier circuit that includes a load path. The load path of the first rectifier circuit and the load path of the second rectifier circuit are coupled to a common circuit node.
Claims14
A circuit arrangement, comprising:
- a first rectifier circuit comprising a load path, a voltage tap and a drive input;
- and
- a second rectifier circuit comprising a load path, a voltage tap, and a drive input,
- wherein the load path of the first rectifier circuit and the load path of the second rectifier circuit are coupled to a common circuit node,
- wherein the voltage tap of the first rectifier circuit is coupled to the drive input of the second rectifier circuit and
- wherein the voltage tap of the second rectifier circuit is coupled to the drive input of the first rectifier circuit
- wherein the voltage tap of the first rectifier circuit is coupled to the drive input of the second rectifier circuit via a drive circuit, and
- wherein the voltage tap of the second rectifier circuit is coupled to the drive input of the first rectifier circuit via the drive circuit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.