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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2024
Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., Canoga Park, CA (US);
Brian Koch, Redmond, WA (US);
Alexandr L. Kristalinski, Redmond, WA (US);
Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., Melbourne, FL (US);
Abstract
A circuit comprising: first and second transistors connected in series; a third transistor (TT) comprising a source connected to a source of the second transistor (ST), a gate connected to a gate of ST, and a drain connected to a gate of the first transistor (FT); and a gate driver circuit connected to the gates of FT, ST and TT and configured to provide (i) a first drive signal to the gate of FT to cause FT to transition between an on state and an off state and (ii) a second drive signal to the gates of ST and TT to cause ST and TT to transition between on states and off states. The TT is configured to prevent a shoot-through condition in the circuit by pulling the first drive signal down to a level of the source of the ST when the ST is in the on state.