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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2003
Ching Wang, Austin, TX (US);
Robert M. Bartel, Hillsboro, TX (US);
Hans W. Klein, Danville, CA (US);
Ching Wang, Austin, TX (US);
Robert M. Bartel, Hillsboro, TX (US);
Hans W. Klein, Danville, CA (US);
Lattice Semiconductor Corp., Hillsboro, OR (US);
Abstract
Device driver circuits based on H-bridges can be implemented to provide linear control of the H-bridge, reduce power losses, and reduce certain component size/cost. The driver circuits can use two feedback loops to operate the H-bridge in different regions and to guarantee that current flows through an H-bridge load device, such as a thermoelectric cooler, in only one direction at a given time. The H-bridge driver circuits can remove the possibility of high currents bypassing the load device and thus going directly through the switches on either side of the H-bridge driver. The H-bridge driver circuits also ensure careful control of the current applied to the H-bridge load device. Such driver circuits are particularly useful for controlling the current applied to thermoelectric devices.