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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Taewoo Kwak, San Diego, CA (US);
Joseph Rutkowski, Chandler, AZ (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/00 (2006.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/6872 (2013.01); H02M 3/158 (2013.01); H02M 1/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for improving the transient response in a switching converter are provided. An example of a gate driving circuit for driving a high-side switch in a switching converter according to the disclosure includes a first switch operably coupled to a source lead and a gate lead of the high-side switch, a first super source follower circuit operably coupled to the gate lead of the high-side switch, and a mid-voltage power supply operably coupled to the first super source follower circuit.