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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024

Filed:

May. 14, 2019
Applicant:

Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventors:

Shishir Goyal, Bengaluru, IN;

Lokesh Kumar Gupta, Benagluru, IN;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/04 (2006.01); G01R 19/10 (2006.01); H02H 1/00 (2006.01); G01R 19/165 (2006.01); H03K 17/082 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/045 (2013.01); G01R 19/10 (2013.01); G01R 19/16571 (2013.01); H02H 1/0007 (2013.01); H03K 17/0822 (2013.01); H03K 17/0826 (2013.01);
Abstract

A positive overshoot detection circuit comprises a transistor coupled to a current mirror, a reference current source coupled to the current mirror, and a comparator coupled to the reference current source and the current mirror. The comparator output indicates whether the current mirror's current is greater than the reference current source's current. A control input and a current terminal of the transistor are coupled to a clamping circuit. A negative overshoot detection circuit comprises a biasing sub-circuit coupled to a transistor, a resistor coupled to the transistor, and a comparator coupled to the transistor and the resistor. The comparator output indicates whether the transistor is in an on or off state. The biasing sub-circuit is coupled to a clamping circuit. In some implementations, the comparator outputs from the positive and negative overshoot detection circuits are provided to a driver circuit, which modifies its operation.


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