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Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2018
Applicant:

Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventors:

Michael Edwin Butenhoff, Minnesota City, MN (US);

Rakesh Raja, Allen, TX (US);

Anuj Jain, Lewisville, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/687 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/6871 (2013.01);
Abstract

A transistor, e.g., field effect transistor FET, ringing adjustment circuit and method comprising the measuring of a voltage from a transistor (e.g., a node of a FET) during the transistor turning on and turning off, determining the voltage oscillation in the measured voltage by performing a derivative function on the measured voltage and detecting a switch in a voltage change rate from positive to negative or negative to positive, and comparing the voltage change rate after the detected switch to adjust drive current applied to the transistor to optimize efficiency while minimizing voltage oscillation and ringing.


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