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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2008
Applicants:
Ralf Förster, Regensburg, DE;
Marco Well, Regensburg, DE;
Gunther Wolfarth, Regensburg-Harting, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated circuit has a control circuit () for a power field-effect transistor (), wherein the integrated circuit has a first input () for receiving a control signal (CE) and an output to switch the field-effect transistor () on or off. The control circuit further has a driver circuit for providing a voltage level at the output in response of the control signal. A second input is provided for receiving a configuration signal, the configuration signal for configuring the voltage level being provided by the driver circuit in response to the control signal.