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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2016
Integrated Device Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Rosario Pagano, Chandler, AZ (US);
Herman R. Paz, Avondale, AZ (US);
Siamak Abedinpour, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Integrated Device Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method of over-voltage protection includes a switch coupled between a power source and a load, a detection circuit configured to detect an onset of an over-voltage event at the load; and a driver circuit coupled to the switch and the detection circuit. The driver circuit includes a boost sub-circuit that provides a low-resistance path for opening the switch in a boost mode, the boost mode being triggered by the onset of the over-voltage event and having a predetermined duration and a steady state sub-circuit that provides a high-resistance path for holding the switch open during steady state operation when the boost mode.