CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR DRIVERS, SWITCHING UNIT AND SYSTEM, POWER SUPPLY, AND PLASMA SYSTEM

A control circuit for at least two drivers is provided. Each of the two drivers is configured to switch on and off electrically driven switching elements that are electrically connected to each other. The control circuit includes a first parallel-to-serial-converter including a first parallel input port and a first serial output-port connectable to a first driver, a second parallel-to-serial-converter including a second parallel input port and a second serial output-port connectable to a second driver, and a processor unit configured to send a first data package stream to the first parallel input port, and send a second data package stream to the second parallel input port. Both the first data package stream and the second data package stream are configured to be converted to serial-data-streams at the first serial output-port and the second serial output-port, respectively. The serial data-streams are configured to control the at least two drivers.