Abstract: A circuit arrangement protects power semiconductor switches against switching overvoltages. The switches can be switched on and off via their control input and form a pair of arms in a power converter. The circuit arrangement includes a comparator which has a downstream analog amplifier with a limiting characteristic curve and is connected in an electrically conductive fashion on the output side to a control input of the power semiconductor switch to be protected, an actual voltage and a predetermined desired voltage of the main terminal of this power semiconductor switch being present across the comparator. The result is a circuit arrangement for protecting against overvoltages, it being possible to dispense with an RCD wiring network for the power semiconductor switches, since very small voltage deviations are detected immediately and the power semiconductor switch is switched off in a controlled fashion.