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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2019
Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Cam Pham, Unterschleissheim, DE;
Alejandro Esquivel Rodriguez, Unterschleissheim, DE;
Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
Support circuitry for a power transistor includes a feedback switching element and switching control circuitry. The feedback switching element is coupled between a Kelvin connection node and a second power switching node. The switching control circuitry is configured to cause the feedback switching element to couple the Kelvin connection node to the second power switching node after the power transistor is switched from a blocking mode of operation to a conduction mode of operation and cause the feedback switching element to isolate the Kelvin connection node from the second power switching node before the power transistor is switched from the conduction mode of operation to the blocking mode of operation.