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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2008
Applicants:
Erhan Ozalevli, Dallas, TX (US);
Luthuli Dake, McKinney, TX (US);
Rashed Anam, McKinney, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, an external FET driving circuit includes a driving portion, a drain-to-gate clamp portion and a current feedback portion. The driving portion provides a driving signal to the external FET. The drain-to-gate clamp portion protects the external FET from flyback current, when the external FET is quickly turned OFF. The current feedback portion controls the driving signal provided by the driver.