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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 08, 2019
Applicant:

Hrl Laboratories, Llc, Malibu, CA (US);

Inventors:

Harris P. Moyer, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Jongchan Kang, Moorpark, CA (US);

Hasan Sharifi, Agoura Hills, CA (US);

Ara K. Kurdoghlian, La Canada, CA (US);

James Lazar, Moorpark, CA (US);

Assignee:

HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/687 (2006.01); H03K 3/356 (2006.01); H03K 5/08 (2006.01); H03H 11/04 (2006.01); H04L 25/03 (2006.01); H04B 1/44 (2006.01); H01P 1/397 (2006.01); H01L 29/778 (2006.01); H01L 29/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/687 (2013.01); H01P 1/397 (2013.01); H03H 11/04 (2013.01); H03K 3/356017 (2013.01); H03K 5/08 (2013.01); H04B 1/44 (2013.01); H04L 25/03834 (2013.01); H01L 29/2003 (2013.01); H01L 29/7787 (2013.01);
Abstract

A circuit for driving a switched transistor comprises: a level shifter comprising at least one transistor, the level shifter configured to convert an input pulse to a pulse having a greater voltage swing than the input pulse and shift a voltage level of the converted pulse; and a pulse shaping filter coupled between the level shifter and the gate of the switched transistor, the pulse shaping filter tuned to cancel or reduce an impedance of the gate of the switched transistor. The switched transistor and/or the at least one transistor are a GaN High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT).


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