US Patent 10193324 Low-loss and fast acting solid-state breaker

A circuit including a source, a load, and an isolation circuit for controllably isolating the load from the source. The isolation circuit is disposed between the source and the load. The isolation circuit includes at least one insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) and at least one gate turn-off thyristor (GTO) in parallel with the insulated-gate bipolar transistor. When no fault condition exists, the GTO is configured to be on to couple the load to the source. When a fault condition exists, the at least one IGBT is configured to turn on. After the at least one IGBT turns on, the at least one GTO is configured to turn off. After a predetermined amount of time after the at least one GTO turns off, the at least one IGBT is configured to turn off.