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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2018
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Robert Allan Neidorff, Bedford, NH (US);
Saurav Bandyopadhyay, Dallas, TX (US);
Thomas Matthew LaBella, Raleigh, NC (US);
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to provide an adaptive gate driver for switching devices are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an electrical switch to drive an electrical system; a condition characterizer to select a drive strength based on a first system parameter corresponding to the electrical system, the first system parameter including at least one of an input voltage corresponding to the electrical switch, an output current corresponding to the electrical switch, or a process variation of the electrical switch; and a driver to generate an output having a current corresponding to the selected drive strength.