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Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2018
Applicant:

Infineon Technologies Austria Ag, Villach, AT;

Inventor:

Wolfgang Frank, Augsburg, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/284 (2006.01); H03K 17/22 (2006.01); G01R 19/165 (2006.01); H03K 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/223 (2013.01); G01R 19/16538 (2013.01); H03K 17/06 (2013.01); H03K 17/22 (2013.01); H03K 2217/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic circuit and a method are disclosed. The electronic circuit includes a first supply node and a second supply node configured to receive a supply voltage, an input configured to receive an input signal, and an output configured to be coupled to a control node of a transistor device. The electronic circuit further includes an undervoltage lockout (UVLO) circuit configured to perform a comparison of the supply voltage and a UVLO threshold. The electronic circuit is configured to operate in one of a first operating mode or a second operating mode based on the comparison. The UVLO circuit is configured to generate the UVLO threshold based on the supply voltage, and the electronic circuit is configured to generate the output signal, in the first mode, dependent on the input signal and to generate the output signal, in the second mode, in a predefined fashion independent of the input signal.


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