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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2018
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Parameshwarappa Anand Kumar Savanth, Cambridge, GB;
Fabrice Blanc, Vinay, FR;
David Theodore Blaauw, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sechang Oh, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
In Hee Lee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
In a particular implementation, an apparatus to control clamping devices includes a first control circuit and a second control circuit. The first control circuit is responsive to a detection signal and generates a first drive signal to control a body diode of a clamping device. The second control circuit is responsive to the detection signal and generates a second drive signal to control the gate terminal of the clamping device.