A drive circuit for a semiconductor switching element includes an overcurrent protection circuit, a short-circuit protection circuit, and a determination time changing circuit. The overcurrent protection circuit judges that a principal current become an overcurrent when a sense voltage proportional to magnitude of the principal current excesses over a first threshold value, and then reduces the principal current. The short-circuit protection circuit reduces a gate voltage of the semiconductor switching element more quickly than the reduction of the principal current by the overcurrent protection circuit when the principal current becomes a greater overcurrent. The determination time changing circuit makes a determination time needed for determining whether or not to operate the overcurrent protection circuit longer when the magnitude of the principal current gets smaller based on a comparison result between the judgement result of the overcurrent protection circuit and a second threshold value.
DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHING ELEMENT
27.07.2017
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | H02M APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS , Anlagen zur Umformung von Wechselstrom in Wechselstrom, von Wechselstrom in Gleichstrom oder umgekehrt, oder von Gleichstrom in Gleichstrom und zur Verwendung in Netzen oder ähnlichen Stromversorgungssystemen / H02P CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS , Steuern oder Regeln von elektrischen Motoren, elektrischen Generatoren, dynamoelektrischen Umformern / B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen / H03K PULSE TECHNIQUE , Impulstechnik |
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