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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2023
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/34 (2007.01); H02M 3/155 (2006.01); H03K 17/0814 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/344 (2021.05); H03K 17/08142 (2013.01); H02M 3/155 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some examples, an apparatus includes a transistor having a control terminal, in which the transistor is coupled between a power terminal and a ground terminal. The apparatus also includes a resistor. The apparatus also includes a controller having first and second controller inputs and first and second controller outputs, in which the first controller input is coupled to the power terminal, the second controller input is coupled to the control terminal, the first controller output is coupled to the control terminal, and the resistor is coupled between the control terminal and the second controller output.