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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Mustapha El Markhi, Richardson, TX (US);
Erhan Ozalevli, Richardson, TX (US);
Tuli Dake, McKinney, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/00 (2006.01); H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H03K 17/14 (2006.01); H02M 3/156 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H02M 3/156 (2013.01); H02M 3/1563 (2013.01); H03K 17/145 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0035 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0054 (2013.01); H02M 2001/327 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a described example, an apparatus includes: transistor having a first terminal coupled to an input terminal, a second terminal coupled to an output terminal, and a gate terminal; a temperature sensor configured to sense a junction temperature of the transistor and generate a temperature signal based on the sensed junction temperature; and a gate driver circuit configured to generate a gate signal based on the temperature signal and to output the gate signal to the gate terminal of the transistor.