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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2022
Applicant:
Dialog Semiconductor Inc., Campbell, CA (US);
Inventor:
Wenduo Liu, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/32 (2007.01); H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H02M 1/44 (2007.01); H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H03K 17/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/32 (2013.01); H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H02M 1/44 (2013.01); H02M 3/33507 (2013.01); H03K 17/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A failure detection circuit for a power switch transistor in a power switching converter is provided that compares a drive voltage for driving a gate of the power switch transistor to a plurality of thresholds. Based upon when the drive voltage crosses each threshold in the plurality of thresholds, a logic circuit determines whether a fault condition exists for the power switch transistor.