IP Library Granted Patent US 8,207,780
Granted Patent B2
US 8,207,780 · App. 12/871,661 · Granted Jun 26, 2012

Electronic control module for a JFET transistor

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Patent No.
US 8,207,780
App. No.
12/871,661
Granted
Jun 26, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic control module for a field effect transistor includes a gate, a drain and a source. The electronic control module includes: a control circuit including: a power supply able to provide a fixed potential to the gate of the field effect transistor; and an amplifier stage able to vary the potential of the source of the field effect transistor with relation to the potential of the gate of the field effect transistor; and a field effect transistor whose gate is connected to the fixed potential; and source is connected to the amplifier stage.

Claims (42)

1. An electronic control module for a field effect transistor comprising a gate, a drain and a source, the module comprising:

a control circuit comprising:

a power supply that is configured to provide a fixed potential to the gate of the field effect transistor;

an amplifier stage that is configured to vary the potential of the source of the field effect transistor with relation to the potential of the gate of said field effect transistor; and

a comparator configured to compare a drain to source voltage of the field effect transistor with a reference voltage, and

the electronic control module comprising the field effect transistor whose:

gate is connected to said fixed potential; and

source is connected to said amplifier stage.

2. The electronic control module according to claim 1 , wherein the fixed potential is the lowest potential provided by the power supply.

3. The electronic control module according to claim 1 , wherein the amplifier stage is configured to position the potential of the source to the fixed potential to switch on said field effect transistor.

4. The electronic control module according to claim 1 , wherein the fixed potential is a negative potential.

5. An electronic control module for a field effect transistor comprising a gate, a drain and a source, the module comprising:

a control circuit comprising:

a power supply that is configured to provide a fixed potential to the gate of the field effect transistor; and

an amplifier stage that is configured to vary the potential of the source of the field effect transistor with relation to the potential of the gate of said field effect transistor; and

the electronic control module comprising the field effect transistor whose:

gate is connected to said fixed potential; and

source is connected to said amplifier stage,

wherein the amplifier stage comprises at least two transistors placed in series in a push-pull type assembly, one of the transistors of said amplifier stage comprising a collector that is configured to be connected with the gate of said field effect transistor.

6. An electronic control module for a field effect transistor comprising a gate, a drain and a source, the module comprising:

a control circuit comprising:

a power supply that is configured to provide a fixed potential to the gate of the field effect transistor;

an amplifier stage that is configured to vary the potential of the source of the field effect transistor with relation to the potential of the gate of said field effect transistor; and

a control device of an insulated gate bipolar transistor and a voltage inverter coupled to said control device, said voltage inverter being connected in input to a common junction point of the amplifier stage and in output to the source of said field effect transistor; and

the electronic control module comprising the field effect transistor whose:

gate is connected to said fixed potential; and

source is connected to said amplifier stage.

7. The electronic control module according to claim 6 , wherein the control circuit further comprises a voltage level shift device.

8. An electromechanical actuator that comprises an electronic control module for a field effect transistor comprising a gate, a drain and a source, the module comprising:

a control circuit comprising:

a power supply that is configured to provide a fixed potential to the gate of the field effect transistor; and

an amplifier stage that is configured to vary the potential of the source of the field effect transistor with relation to the potential of the gate of said field effect transistor; and

the electronic control module comprising the field effect transistor whose:

gate is connected to said fixed potential; and

source is connected to said amplifier stage.

9. An electric thrust reverser that comprises an electronic control module for a field effect transistor comprising a gate, a drain and a source, the module comprising:

a control circuit comprising:

a power supply that is configured to provide a fixed potential to the gate of the field effect transistor; and

an amplifier stage that is configured to vary the potential of the source of the field effect transistor with relation to the potential of the gate of said field effect transistor; and

the electronic control module comprising the field effect transistor whose:

gate is connected to said fixed potential; and

source is connected to said amplifier stage.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 22, 2018
From: LABINAL POWER SYSTEMS
To: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
Reel/Frame 046678/0487 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2015
From: HISPANO SUIZA
To: LABINAL POWER SYSTEMS
Reel/Frame 035625/0486 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2011
From: RAMBAUD, JULIEN; VIEILLARD, SEBASTIEN
To: HISPANO SUIZA
Reel/Frame 025742/0318 →