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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1998
H P Yee, Seattle, WA (US);
SRMOS, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Circuits and methods are provided for operating a transistor as rectifier based upon the detected Vds of the transistor. In sensing the Vds voltage of the SRMOS, during positive conduction, the SRMOS body diode will conduct and the Vds of the SRMOS becomes that of a forward body diode voltage, which may, depending on the type of the device, be approximately -0.6V. If this voltage level is sensed, it may indicates that the SRMOS is turned off too early. During reverse conduction, Vds is non-existent (which is similar to a diode). In this case, the SRMOS may be turned off too late. Thus, by examining Vds, the SRMOS can be operated in such a manner so that it is turned off at an optimal point in time.
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