Patent ID: 8866513

Claim:
A circuit arrangement comprising: a transistor configured to receive a drive signal; a control circuit configured to receive a switching signal; a driver circuit configured to generate the drive signal for the transistor; and at least one transmission channel arranged between the control circuit and the driver circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to transmit, depending on the switching signal and for each switching operation of the transistor, both switching information and switching parameter information via the transmission channel to the driver circuit, the switching parameter information including switching speed information, wherein the driver circuit is configured to generate, depending on both the switching information and the switching parameter information, the drive signal, wherein the driver circuit is further configured to generate the drive signal at a voltage or current level that is dependent on the switching speed information, and wherein the control circuit is further configured to transmit the switching information via the transmission channel to the driver circuit anew at least once after a waiting time has elapsed after transmission of the switching parameter information.