US Patent Issued to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC on Sept. 2 for "Drive circuit to drive power semiconductor element, power semiconductor module, and power conversion device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,342, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Drive circuit to drive power semiconductor element, power semiconductor module, and power conversion device" was invented by Takeshi Horiguchi (Tokyo) and Takashi Masuhara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive circuit for a power semiconductor element includes a voltage clamp circuit connected between a first main electrode and a control electrode and a second turn-off circuit including a capacitive element and a switching element connected in series between the control electrode and a second main electrode and a resistive element connected in paralle...