Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC

Frederick Johan G Declercq

Jaume Roig-Guitart

Johan Camiel Julia Janssens

Woochul Jeon

Piet Vanmeerbeek

Aurore Constant

Herbert De Vleeschouwer

Pierre Gassot

Aarnout Wieers

Teddy Bonnin

A semiconductor transistor device includes a GaN transistor including a drain, a gate, and a source, the GaN transistor having a driving voltage applied across the gate and the source and configured to switch between an on-voltage associated with an on-state of the GaN transistor and an off-voltage associated with an off-state of the GaN transistor. The semiconductor transistor device further includes a variable gate-source resistor connected between the gate and the source and having a variable resistance that varies in response to changes in the driving voltage when switching between the on-state and the off-state of the GaN transistor.

Variable resistance to reduce gate votlage oscillations in gallium nitride transistors

In one embodiment, a driver circuit is configured to form a Vgs of a transistor as a negative value during a time interval that a second transistor, connected to the first transistor, is being enabled.

Method of forming a semiconductor device and circuit therefor

An electronic device can include a source terminal, a gate terminal, and a protection circuit. The protection circuit can include a gate section including a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first electrode of the gate section is coupled to the gate terminal; and a source section including a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first electrode of the source section is coupled to the source terminal. The protection switch can include a control electrode, a first current-carrying electrode coupled to the gate terminal, and a second current-carrying electrode coupled to the source terminal. The second electrode of the gate section, the second electrode of the source section, and the control electrode of the protection switch can be coupled to one another. In an embodiment, the electronic device can further include an electronic component that is protected by the protection circuit.

Electronic device including a protection circuit

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Frederick Johan G Declercq