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Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 17, 2023
Applicant:

Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Karel Ptacek, Roznov pod Radhostem, CZ;

Jaroslav Knop, Radslavice, CZ;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H02M 7/537 (2006.01); H03K 17/082 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/0822 (2013.01); H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H02M 7/537 (2013.01); H03K 2217/0063 (2013.01); H03K 2217/0072 (2013.01);
Abstract

Operating a gate driver. At least one example is a method of operating the gate driver, the method comprising: de-asserting a drive-low terminal of the gate driver; starting a single timer within the gate driver; and after expiration of the single timer asserting a drive-high terminal of the gate driver responsive to assertion of an in-high terminal of the gate driver; and then de-asserting the drive-high terminal; starting the single timer; and after a second expiration of the single timer asserting the drive-low terminal responsive to assertion of an in-low terminal of the gate driver.


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