Patent ID: 9496862
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H02M,H03K

Claim Text:
1. A circuit arrangement for actuating a first voltage-controlled semiconductor switching element comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and a control electrode, the circuit arrangement comprising: a pulse generator configured to generate a control voltage input signal for actuating the first semiconductor switching element, wherein the control voltage input signals contain a switch-on voltage signal for switching on the first semiconductor switching element and a switch-off voltage signal for switching off the first semiconductor switching element, a bias capacitor electrically connected to the pulse generator such that the bias capacitor is configured to vary an amplitude of a switch-off voltage signal to the control electrode, a first electrical resistor connected electrically in series with the bias capacitor in an electrical path between a first connection of the pulse generator and a second connection of the pulse generator, wherein the control electrode is electrically connected to a first connection of the bias capacitor and to a first connection of the first electrical resistor, and wherein the first electrode is electrically connected to a second connection of the pulse generator and to a second connection of the first electrical resistor, and a further capacitor, which is connected electrically in series with the first electrical resistor and the bias capacitor in the line electrical path between the first connection of the pulse generator and the second connection of the pulse generator.