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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
May. 15, 2020
Applicants:
H. Alan Mantooth, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Shuang Zhao, Gardena, CA (US);
Audrey Dearien, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
H. Alan Mantooth, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Shuang Zhao, Gardena, CA (US);
Audrey Dearien, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/00 (2006.01); H03K 5/02 (2006.01); H03K 17/12 (2006.01); H03K 17/16 (2006.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01); H03K 17/693 (2006.01); H03K 17/567 (2006.01); H02M 7/483 (2007.01); G05F 1/575 (2006.01); H03K 17/042 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/6871 (2013.01); G05F 1/575 (2013.01); H02M 7/483 (2013.01); H03K 17/04206 (2013.01); H03K 17/161 (2013.01); H03K 17/567 (2013.01); H03K 17/693 (2013.01); H03K 2217/0036 (2013.01);
Abstract
An improved gate driver using a microcontroller (uC), a voltage selector (VS), an adjustable voltage regulator (AVR), and an auxiliary current sinking circuit (ACSC) to actively provide selectable drive signals either higher, lower or equal to the basic on voltage and off voltage drive signals for a selected semiconductor device thereby providing an active voltage-mode gate driver for actively speeding up or slowing both the on time and off time transitions of a semiconductor.