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Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 06, 2018
Applicant:

Analog Devices Global Unlimited Company, Hamilton, BM;

Inventors:

George Redfield Spalding, Jr., Edinburgh, GB;

Chuen Tschi Liang, Edinburgh, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/30 (2006.01); H03K 17/082 (2006.01); G01R 19/165 (2006.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01); G01R 31/26 (2014.01); H03K 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/302 (2013.01); G01R 19/16519 (2013.01); G01R 31/2621 (2013.01); H03K 17/063 (2013.01); H03K 17/0822 (2013.01); H03K 17/687 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a gate driver system suitable for driving the gate voltage of one or more transistors. The gate driver system is configured to operate in a first state when the current conducted by the transistor is relatively low and in a second state when the current conducted by the transistor is relatively high. In the second state, the gate voltage is set such that the source voltage at the transistor establishes a lower voltage across a source-driven load than is the case when operating the first state, thereby reducing the level of power consumption in the load during second state operation.


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