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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
May. 08, 2023
Nxp Usa, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Jerry Rudiak, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Ibrahim Shihadeh Kandah, Novi, MI (US);
Fred T. Brauchler, Canton, MI (US);
NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A power module may include multiple transistors each respectively having a first current-carrying terminal coupled to a voltage supply, a second current-carrying terminal coupled to an output node, and a control terminal, multiple output driver stages each coupled to the control terminal of a respectively different transistor of the transistors, and a driver module. The driver module may include multiple pre-drivers each coupled to a respectively different output driver stage of the output driver stages and a control module having an input and having multiple outputs coupled to the pre-drivers. The control module may be configured to receive a control signal at the input and to selectively control the pre-drivers to drive at least a subset of the plurality of transistors via the output driver stages based on the control signal.