Control circuit for a
current source converter having a
current generator comprising an
inductance (2) and having two or more half bridges each
half bridge having an upper leg provided with an upper switching device (11, 13) and a lower leg provided with a lower switching device (12, 14), said upper legs switching devices and said lower legs switching devices being controlled by a controller (40) to provide an overlap between an upper leg turning off switching device (11, 13) and an upper leg turning on switching device (13, 11) and to provide an overlap between a lower leg turning on switching device (12, 14) and a lower leg turning off switching device (14, 12) through gate
pull up and gate pull down pulse signals to gate drivers buffers (6) of said switching devices, said
gate driver circuit comprising: - for each upper leg switching device and each lower leg switching device (11, 12, 13, 14) a
gate current mirroring circuit (51) on a source
branch of the
gate driver buffer (6) of said switching device (11, 12, 13, 14) to provide a gate pull down
signal (Gpx, Gpy) upon turning OFF of said switching device, said gate pull down
signal (Gpx, Gpy) being connected to a
control line (Cl) of a gate buffer (6) of a respective further upper leg switching device or further lower leg switching device (11, 12, 13, 14), - for each upper leg switching device and each lower leg switching device (11, 12, 13, 14) a positive gate command connection path (G+) from a positive gate command output of a pre-driver (7) to provide a reset
signal (RSTx, RSTy) for a respective further upper leg switching device and lower leg switching device (11, 12, 13, 14) gate pull down signal.