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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2005
Stephen P. Robb, Fountain Hills, AZ (US);
David K. Briggs, Glendale, AZ (US);
Stephen P. Robb, Fountain Hills, AZ (US);
David K. Briggs, Glendale, AZ (US);
Semiconductor Components Industries, L.L.C., Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a power switch device () includes a first MOSFET deviceand a second MOSFET device (). A split gate structure () including a first gate electrode () controls the first MOSFET device (). A second gate electrode () controls the second MOSFET device (). A current limit device () is coupled to the first gate electrode () to turn on the first MOSFET device during a current limit mode. A comparator device () is coupled to the second gate electrode () to turn on the second MOSFET device () when the power switch device () is no longer in current limit mode.