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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/082 (2006.01); H03K 17/14 (2006.01); G01R 1/067 (2006.01); H03K 17/0814 (2006.01); H03K 17/16 (2006.01); H03K 17/0812 (2006.01); G01R 31/26 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/0822 (2013.01); G01R 1/06766 (2013.01); G01R 31/2621 (2013.01); H03K 17/08122 (2013.01); H03K 17/08142 (2013.01); H03K 17/145 (2013.01); H03K 17/161 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture providing adaptive voltage clamps are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a voltage clamp to clamp a drain-to-source voltage of a transistor to a first voltage when the drain-to-source voltage exceeds the first voltage, and a controller to generate a control signal to direct the voltage clamp to clamp the drain-to-source voltage to a second voltage different from the first voltage based on a fault signal.