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Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2005
Applicants:

Daniel Lopez, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;

Jean-paul Louvel, Brigachtal, DE;

Harald Grellmann, Königsfeld im Schwarzwald, DE;

Inventors:

Daniel Lopez, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;

Jean-Paul Louvel, Brigachtal, DE;

Harald Grellmann, Königsfeld im Schwarzwald, DE;

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/003 (2006.01); H03K 19/0175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The circuit arrangement comprises a driver stage and a control circuit coupled to the control input of a switching transistor. The driver stage provides a switching voltage for the operation of the switching transistor, and the control circuit provides a shaping of the switching voltage in the sense of delaying the switching through of the switching transistor. The control circuit comprises in particular a control transistor, which is coupled a control input via a high pass filter to the output of the driver stage and with an current input to the control input of the switching transistor. The switching transistor is for example a MOSFET being used for switching on and off a capacitive load.


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