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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
May. 22, 2007
Applicants:
Michael Wendt, Wasserburg, DE;
Lenz Thoma, Munich, DE;
Bernhard Wicht, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Texas InstrumentsDeutschland GmbH, Freising, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated circuit device for switching electrical loads that have an inductive component comprises at least one switching channel that includes a power stage with a power MOS transistor and a driver circuit for driving the gate of the power MOS transistor, the switching stage being configurable for use in either of a High Side configuration and a Low Side configuration.