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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2023
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/10 (2006.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01); H03K 19/0185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/102 (2013.01); H03K 17/687 (2013.01); H03K 19/018514 (2013.01); H03K 2217/0063 (2013.01); H03K 2217/0072 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example circuit includes a substrate including a first transistor of a gate driver output stage, the substrate including a first well region; a diode circuit including a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal coupled to a first tap of the first well region; and a second transistor including a first terminal, a second terminal, and a body, the first terminal of the second transistor coupled to a switching voltage terminal, and the second terminal and the body of the second transistor coupled to the first tap of the first well region and to the first terminal of the diode circuit.