Patent ID: 11876440
Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. A device comprising:
an electronic module comprising at least three semiconductor elements, the electronic module comprising at least six semiconductor elements disposed in three half-bridges, each having an upper branch and a lower branch; and
a control device designed to detect defects in the semiconductor elements and configured to pass a current, in the event of a defect, in one of the semiconductor elements, via the defective semiconductor element by selectively activating at least two of the remaining semiconductor elements in order to destroy or open-circuit the defective semiconductor element or a weak point associated with the defective semiconductor element, wherein this current is distributed between the selectively activated semiconductor elements; selectively actuate, in the event of a defect in one of the semiconductor elements in the upper branch in one of the half-bridges, the two semiconductor elements in the upper branch of the other two half-bridges in order to destroy or open-circuit the defective semiconductor element or the weak point associated with the defective semiconductor element; and selectively actuate, in the event of a defect in one of the semiconductor elements in the lower branch in one of the half-bridges, the two semiconductor elements in the lower branch of the other two half-bridges in order to destroy or open-circuit the defective semiconductor element or the weak point associated with the defective semiconductor element.