GB2138644B - Power transistor protection - Google Patents

Power transistor protection

Info

Publication number: GB2138644B
Authority: GB; United Kingdom
Prior art keywords: power transistor; transistor protection; protection; power; transistor
Prior art date: 1983-04-22
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired

Application number

GB08311026A

Other versions

GB2138644A (en

GB8311026D0 (en

Inventor

Joginder Sikka

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Lumenition Ltd

Original Assignee

Lumenition Ltd

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1983-04-22

Filing date

1983-04-22

Publication date

1987-01-07

1983-04-22 Application filed by Lumenition Ltd filed Critical Lumenition Ltd

1983-04-22 Priority to GB08311026A priority Critical patent/GB2138644B/en

1983-05-25 Publication of GB8311026D0 publication Critical patent/GB8311026D0/en

1984-10-24 Publication of GB2138644A publication Critical patent/GB2138644A/en

1987-01-07 Application granted granted Critical

1987-01-07 Publication of GB2138644B publication Critical patent/GB2138644B/en

Status Expired legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- H—ELECTRICITY
- H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
- H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
- H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
- H03K17/08—Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage
- H03K17/082—Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage by feedback from the output to the control circuit
- H03K17/0826—Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage by feedback from the output to the control circuit in bipolar transistor switches
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02P—IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
- F02P3/00—Other installations
- F02P3/02—Other installations having inductive energy storage, e.g. arrangements of induction coils
- F02P3/04—Layout of circuits
- F02P3/055—Layout of circuits with protective means to prevent damage to the circuit, e.g. semiconductor devices or the ignition coil
- F02P3/0552—Opening or closing the primary coil circuit with semiconductor devices
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
- H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
- H03K2217/00—Indexing scheme related to electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making or -breaking covered by H03K17/00
- H03K2217/0036—Means reducing energy consumption

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Emergency Protection Circuit Devices (AREA)

GB08311026A 1983-04-22 1983-04-22 Power transistor protection Expired GB2138644B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB08311026A GB2138644B (en)	1983-04-22	1983-04-22	Power transistor protection

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB08311026A GB2138644B (en)	1983-04-22	1983-04-22	Power transistor protection

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
GB8311026D0 GB8311026D0 (en)	1983-05-25
GB2138644A GB2138644A (en)	1984-10-24
GB2138644B true GB2138644B (en)	1987-01-07

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
GB08311026A Expired GB2138644B (en)	1983-04-22	1983-04-22	Power transistor protection

Country Status (1)

Country	Link
GB (1)	GB2138644B (en)

Families Citing this family (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
DE3536447C2 (en) *	1985-10-12	1993-10-21	Licentia Gmbh	Short-circuit and overload-proof transistor output stage
SE457182B (en) *	1987-04-03	1988-12-05	Ericsson Telefon Ab L M	DEVICE CONSISTING OF A PROTECTION CIRCUIT TO PROTECT AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AGAINST OVERLOADING AND SHORT-CURRENT CURRENTS
US5485341A (en) *	1992-09-21	1996-01-16	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba	Power transistor overcurrent protection circuit
DE69409955T2 (en) *	1994-08-31	1998-09-03	St Microelectronics Srl	Overcurrent protection circuit for electronic power devices

Family Cites Families (6)

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
GB1352913A (en) *	1971-06-30	1974-05-15	Starkstrom Anlagenbau Veb K	Transistor amplifier with overload protection
GB2056808A (en) *	1979-08-17	1981-03-18	Lumenition Ltd	Power transistor protection
DE2940036A1 (en) *	1979-10-03	1981-04-16	Robert Bosch Gmbh, 7000 Stuttgart	IGNITION SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
DE2948645A1 (en) *	1979-12-04	1981-06-11	Robert Bosch Gmbh, 7000 Stuttgart	IGNITION SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
JPS56116313A (en) *	1980-02-20	1981-09-12	Hitachi Ltd	Two signal amplifier
DE3007335A1 (en) *	1980-02-27	1981-09-10	Robert Bosch Gmbh, 7000 Stuttgart	IGNITION SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

1983
- 1983-04-22 GB GB08311026A patent/GB2138644B/en not_active Expired

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
GB2138644A (en)	1984-10-24
GB8311026D0 (en)	1983-05-25

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GB2146932B (en)	1986-10-22	Power turning device
DE3470262D1 (en)	1988-05-05	Protection circuit
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GB8301439D0 (en)	1983-02-23	Protection devices
DE3470255D1 (en)	1988-05-05	Power semiconductor device
GB8430820D0 (en)	1985-01-16	Gate protection arrangement
GB2138644B (en)	1987-01-07	Power transistor protection
GB8300725D0 (en)	1983-02-16	Gate protection circuit
GB8318320D0 (en)	1983-08-10	Transistor structure
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Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
1987-11-25	746	Register noted 'licences of right' (sect. 46/1977)
1990-02-14	732	Registration of transactions, instruments or events in the register (sect. 32/1977)
1998-12-09	PCNP	Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee	Effective date: 19980422