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Power switch with a controlled DI/DT

  • US 6,326,648 B1
  • Filed: 12/20/1999
  • Issued: 12/04/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A monolithic power switch with a controlled di/dt including:

  • a transistor;

    a thyristor type component connected in parallel with the transistor;

    means for inhibiting the thyristor type component during a closing phase of the switch, the closing phase being ensured by transistor; and

    wherein the transistor has a vertical multicell structure and the thyristor type component has a vertical monocell structure.

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