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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2018
Applicant:
Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;
Inventor:
Tommaso Bacigalupo, Fuerstenfeldbruck, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/082 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/0828 (2013.01); H03K 2217/0027 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of protecting a gate driver circuit includes receiving an input signal to energize a gate driver output of the gate driver circuit, determining that an abnormal operating condition exists at the gate driver output, continuously energizing the gate driver output for a time period, and entering a pulsed mode of operation for energizing the gate driver output after the time period has lapsed.