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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Josef Halamik, Roznov P. R., CZ;
Frantisek Sukup, Roznov P. R., CZ;
Assignee:
Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as Collateral Agent, Middletown, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/08 ; H03K 4/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/08 ; H03K 4/06 ;
Abstract
A switching device ( ) is formed to generate a ramp voltage by using a capacitor ( ) formed on the semiconductor die ( ) with the switching device ( ). The switching device ( ) drives a high-power device to conduct load currents for a load. The ramp voltage is used to gradually increase the drive that is applied to the high-power device in order to gradually increase the current conducted by the high-power device.