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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2018
Applicant:
Vishay-siliconix, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Sanjay Havanur, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Vishay-Siliconix, LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/687 (2006.01); H03K 17/567 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/6872 (2013.01); H03K 17/567 (2013.01);
Abstract
A driver for a semiconductor switching device can be configured to step down a supply voltage to generate a first drive voltage. The driver can also generate a second drive voltage equal to the potential difference between the supply voltage and the first drive voltage. The driver can supply the first drive voltage to a control gate of the semiconductor switching device during a first state of a control signal, and a reverse polarity of the second drive voltage during a second state of the control signal.