Patent ID: 6323564
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: B60R,H02M

Abstract:
In a motor vehicle having a battery with a positive battery terminal, a circuit configuration, comprising:a semiconductor switch having a first terminal and a second terminal;a pulse-width modulation device controlling said semiconductor switch;a first supply line connected between said first terminal of said semiconductor switch and the positive battery terminal;a second supply line connected to said second terminal of said semiconductor switch;a load and a freewheeling diode connected to said second supply line and defining a portion of said second supply line between said semiconductor switch and said freewheeling diode and a remainder of said second supply line leading to said load; andsaid semiconductor switch and said freewheeling diode disposed as close as possible to the positive battery terminal, for shortening said first supply line and said portion of said second supply line relative to said remainder of said second supply.