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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2019
Stmicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Stmicroelectronics, Inc, Coppell, TX (US);
Stmicroelectronics (Alps) Sas, Grenoble, FR;
Vanni Poletto, Milan, IT;
David F. Swanson, Belleville, MI (US);
Giovanni Luca Torrisi, Aci Catania, IT;
Laurent Chevalier, Roissard, FR;
STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
STMICROELECTRONICS, Inc., Coppell, TX (US);
STMICROELECTRONICS (ALPS) SAS, Grenoble, FR;
Abstract
A circuit for controlling a first plurality of transistors connected in parallel and a second plurality of transistors connected in parallel, includes: a first plurality of stages, a respective one of the first plurality of stages being configured to supply a first control signal to a respective one of the first plurality of transistors; and a second plurality of stages, a respective one of the second plurality of stages being configured to supply a second control signal to a respective one of the second plurality of transistors. An output current of the respective one of the first plurality of stages is regulated based on a difference between a first value representative of a sum of output currents of each stage of the first plurality of stages and a second value representative of a sum of set points assigned to the first plurality of stages.