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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2016
Infineon Technologies Austria Ag, Villach, AT;
Karl Norling, Villach, AT;
Erwin Huber, Munich, DE;
Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach, AT;
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a circuit includes a configurable clamp driver circuit for clamping a voltage at a gate terminal of a transistor below a turn-on voltage threshold upon switch-off of the transistor. In a first clamp driver circuit mode, an output terminal of the clamp driver circuit is configured to be coupled to the gate terminal of the transistor to provide a first discharge path from the gate terminal of the transistor upon switch-off of the transistor. In a second clamp driver circuit mode, the output terminal of the clamp driver circuit is configured to be coupled to an input terminal of a clamp circuit, wherein the clamp circuit is coupled to the gate terminal of the transistor to provide a second discharge path from the gate terminal of the transistor upon switch-off of the transistor.