Design and test of an HV-CMOS intelligent power switch with integrated protections and self-diagnostic for harsh automotive applications

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2715-2727

  Costantino, Nico ^a   Serventi, Riccardo ^b   Tinfena, Francesco ^b   D'Abramo, Paolo ^a   Chassard, Pierre ^c   Tisserand, Pierre ^c   Saponara, Sergio ^a   Fanucci, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b AMS AG   (Austria)

^c VALEO   (France)

Author keywords

Architectures and circuits for harsh environment; automotive electronics; high voltage (HV) CMOS integrated circuits; intelligent power switch (IPS)

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ALTERNATORS; AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; CONFIGURABLE; CURRENT SLOPE; DESIGN AND TESTS; DESIGN SOLUTIONS; ELECTRICAL SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; HIGH VOLTAGE; HIGH-VOLTAGES; INTEGRATED PROTECTION; INTEGRATED TECHNIQUES; INTELLIGENT POWER; ON CHIPS; ON-BOARD SYSTEMS; OVER CURRENT; PARASITICS; REVERSE POLARITY; SMART POWER; SOFT START; SYSTEM ON CHIPS; SYSTEMATIC DESIGNS; THIRD GENERATION;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILES; DESIGN; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; INNOVATION; INTEGRATION; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 79957573311     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2010.2084979     Document Type: Article

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