Abstract: The invention relates to a static converter connected between an electrical voltage source and an electrical load, said converter including a main static conversion arm comprising an output electronic switching cell and a backup conversion arm having identical structures. The static converter includes a pair of fuses connected on either side of the main arm, and a switching circuit comprising a connection element connecting the backup arm to the connection points between the fuses and the input terminals of the main arm, such that, when a fault occurs on one of the switching cells forming the main arm, a stable conductive link is established between the two fuses, the main arm is isolated by the two fuses, and the backup arm is spontaneously connected to the output of the main arm via the conductive line and replaces the main arm.

Abstract: The invention relates to a static converter connected between an electrical voltage source (4) and an electrical load (6), said converter including a main static conversion arm (16) comprising an output electronic switching cell and a backup conversion arm (18) having identical structures. The static converter includes a pair of fuses (70, 72) connected on either side of the main arm (16), and a switching circuit (26) comprising a connection element (80) connecting the backup arm (18) to the connection points between the fuses and the input terminals of the main arm, such that, when a fault occurs on one of the switching cells forming the main arm (16), a stable conductive link is established between the two fuses (70, 72), the main arm (16) is isolated by the two fuses (70, 72), and the backup arm (18) is spontaneously connected to the output of the main arm (18) via the conductive line and replaces the main arm.

Abstract: An electronic circuit provided with a piezoelectric transformer for driving an electronic component. The transformer is integrated in the circuit, a first layer of the circuit having a first primary piezoelectric plate integrated therein, a second layer having a secondary piezoelectric plate integrated therein and connected to the electronic component, and an intermediate layer comprising an insulating material is interposed between the primary and secondary plates.

Abstract: A method of making a piezoelectric transformer (100) comprising a primary plate (4) and a secondary plate (8), in which a step a) is implemented during which, on the basis of an equivalent model of the transformer (100), a geometrical parameter for the plates or a physical parameter for a material constituting the plates is determined, while taking account of an expression for the heat dissipated by losses in the transformer.