Switch
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1. A switch, comprising:
- a switching transistor;
a switching resistor connected between a control terminal of the switching transistor and a switching control terminal; and
an accelerating element comprising a resistance smaller than a resistance of the switching resistor, the accelerating element being adapted to be connected in parallel to the switching resistor upon switching of the switching transistor until a voltage at the control terminal of the switching transistor has reached a predetermined value.
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Abstract
A switch includes a switching transistor, a switching resistor, connected between a control terminal of the switching transistor and a switching control terminal, and an accelerating element. The accelerating element includes a resistance smaller than a resistance of the switching resistor, the accelerating element being adapted to be connected in parallel to the switching resistor upon switching of the switching transistor until a voltage at the control terminal of the switching transistor has reached a predetermined value.
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25 Claims
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1. A switch, comprising:
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a switching transistor; a switching resistor connected between a control terminal of the switching transistor and a switching control terminal; and an accelerating element comprising a resistance smaller than a resistance of the switching resistor, the accelerating element being adapted to be connected in parallel to the switching resistor upon switching of the switching transistor until a voltage at the control terminal of the switching transistor has reached a predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A switch, comprising:
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an input terminal; an output terminal; a switching terminal; a first switching transistor connected between the input terminal and the output terminal; a first switching resistor connected between a control terminal of the first switching transistor and the switching control terminal; a first accelerating element comprising a resistance smaller than a resistance of the first switching resistor; a second switching transistor connected between a reference terminal and the output terminal; a second switching resistor connected between a control terminal of the second switching transistor and the switching control terminal; and a second accelerating element comprising a resistance smaller than a resistance of the second switching resistor, the first and second accelerating elements being adapted to be connected in parallel to the first and second switching resistors, respectively, upon switching of the first and second switching transistors until capacitances at the control terminal of the first and second switching transistor have reached respective predetermined capacitances. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A switch, comprising:
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switching means comprising an RC time constant; means for reducing the RC time constant of the switching means for a predetermined time period during switching.
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25. A method for switching a switching transistor comprising a switching resistor connected to a control terminal of the switching transistor, the method comprising:
switching an accelerating element, comprising a resistance smaller than a resistance of the switching resistor, in parallel to the switching resistor upon switching of the switching transistor until a voltage at the control terminal of the switching transistor has reached a predetermined value.
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