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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Eduardas Jodka, Freising, DE;
Gaetano Maria Walter Petrina, Mauern, DE;
Manuel Wiersch, Freising, DE;
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H02M 1/44 (2007.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01); H03K 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H02M 1/44 (2013.01); H03K 17/161 (2013.01); H03K 17/687 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some examples, an apparatus includes a driver having a driver output, a capacitor having a first plate and a second plate, the first plate coupled to the driver output, and a transistor having a transistor gate, a transistor source, and a transistor drain. The apparatus also includes a first switch coupled between the second plate and the transistor gate, a second switch coupled between the second plate and the transistor drain, and a third switch coupled between the transistor gate and the transistor drain.