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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2020
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignees:
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H03K 17/567 (2006.01); H02P 27/08 (2006.01); H02M 7/5387 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H02M 7/53871 (2013.01); H02P 27/08 (2013.01); H03K 17/567 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for controlling a switching device for a power converter are provided. The apparatus includes a gate driver configured to apply a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage to the gate terminal based on one turn-on of the switching device, wherein the first driving voltage and the second driving voltage have different values; to turn on the switching device; and a controller configured to control the gate driver such that the gate driver applies the second driving voltage to the gate terminal after the first driving voltage is applied to the gate terminal.