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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Isaac Brink, Manchester, NH (US);
Wei Da, Manchester, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01); H02M 1/088 (2006.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01); H02M 3/156 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/088 (2013.01); H02M 1/0048 (2021.05); H02M 1/32 (2013.01); H02M 3/158 (2013.01); H02M 3/156 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an example, a method includes providing a signal to a driver for a switching voltage regulator to turn off a high-side field effect transistor (FET) of the switching voltage regulator. The method also includes reducing a voltage at a source of the high-side FET. The method includes responsive to the signal, turning off a pull-down FET coupled to a gate of the high-side FET. The method also includes commutating current from the high-side FET to a low-side FET.