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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2018
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Brian Ashley Carpenter, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/088 (2006.01); H02M 3/07 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/088 (2013.01); H02M 3/07 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0048 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to provide a high-efficiency drive for a floating gate are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a driver including a supply terminal, the driver configured to output a third voltage corresponding to the supply terminal, the driver to drive a gate of a transistor in a power converter; and a second capacitor to be charged using a first discharging current of a first capacitor and discharged at the supply terminal of the driver, the driver to drive the gate of the transistor based on a second discharging current from the second capacitor.