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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2019
Stmicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Ivan Clemente Massimiani, Catania, IT;
STMicroelectronics S.R.L., Agrate Brianza (MB), IT;
Abstract
A sense terminal is configured to sense a drain-to-source voltage of a field effect transistor and a drive terminal is configured to drive the gate terminal of the field effect transistor to alternatively turn the field effect transistor on and off to provide a rectified current flow in the field effect transistor channel. A comparator is configured to perform a comparison of the drain-to-source voltage of the field effect transistor with a reference threshold and to detect alternate downward and upward crossings of the reference threshold and the drain-to-source voltage. A PWM signal generator is configured to drive the gate terminal of the field effect transistor to turn the field effect transistor on and off as a result of the alternate downward and upward crossings of the reference threshold by the drain-to-source voltage.