摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic circuit including a primary wide bandgap bipolar power switching device configured to supply a load current in response to a control signal applied to a control terminal and a driver device configured to generate a control signal. <P>SOLUTION: At least one of a primary switching device and a driver device can include an optically activated switching device. An individual wide bandgap semiconductor device includes a primary bipolar device stage configured to be switched between a conduction state and non-conduction state by application of a control current, and a bipolar driver stage configured to generate the control current and to supply the control current to the primary bipolar device stage. At least one of the primary bipolar device stage and the bipolar driver stage can include the optically activated wide bandgap switching device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |