MUMBAI, India, June 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617066327 A) filed by Robert Bosch Gmbh on May 26, 2026, for Discharge Device For Discharging A High-Voltage Circuit And Method For Discharging A High- Voltage Circuit.
Inventors include Graf, Marco; and Walter, Janes.
The application for the patent was published on June 19, 2026, under issue no. 25/2026.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a discharge device (1) for discharging a high-voltage circuit with an inverter output stage (2) which has at least one half-bridge (3a, 3b, 3c) which comprises serially connected semiconductor switches (4a, 5a, 4b, 5b, 4c, 5c) with associated driver circuits (6a, 7a, 6b, 7b, 6c, 7c), and with a processor (12) which is connected via an interface to the driver circuits (6a, 7a, 6b, 7b, 6c, 7c) of the inverter output stage (2), wherein each semiconductor switch (4a, 5a, 4b, 5b, 4c, 5c) has a control input (8a, 9a, 8b, 9b, 8c, 9c) which is designed to receive a driver signal from an associated driver circuit (6a, 7a, 6b, 7b, 6c, 7c) of the inverter output stage (2), wherein the driver circuits (6a, 7a, 6b, 7b, 6c, 7c) of the inverter output stage (2) each contain a safety logic (10a, 11a, 10b, 11b, 10c, 11c) which is designed to receive a configuration signal from the processor (12) of the discharge device (1) via the interface, which configuration signal configures the driver signal to be emitted by the driver circuit (6a, 7a, 6b, 7b, 6c, 7c) to the associated control input (8a, 9a, 8b, 9b, 8c, 9c) of the semiconductor switch (4a, 5a, 4b, 5b, 4c, 5c) in order to discharge the high-voltage circuit.
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