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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2020
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventor:
Joan Wichard Strijker, Wijchen, NL;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H03K 17/0812 (2006.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H03K 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/08122 (2013.01); H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H02M 1/32 (2013.01); H02M 3/1582 (2013.01); H02M 3/3353 (2013.01); H03K 17/161 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of an SMPS controller and a method for operating a switched-mode power supply (SMPS) controller are described. In an embodiment, an SMPS controller includes a gate driver circuit configured to generate a drive signal for a switch of an SMPS and a current sense electrical terminal configured to receive sensed current corresponding to the switch and to conduct driver discharge current from the gate driver circuit.