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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2020
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/081 (2006.01); H03K 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/08104 (2013.01); H03K 17/163 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic circuit includes a gate driver circuit. The gate driver circuit receives an input signal and a signal corresponding to a current through a switch, and produces, using the input signal, an output signal for controlling the switch. In response to the input signal being de-asserted, the gate driver circuit may turn the switch off at a normal turn-off rate when the current through the switch is less than an overcurrent (OC) threshold, and at an OC turn-off rate that is slower than the normal turn-off rate when the current through the switch is greater than the OC threshold.