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Patent No.:

US 8456201 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013

Filed:

Jul. 06, 2011
Applicant:

Anthony J. Olivo, Raleigh, NC (US);

Inventor:

Anthony J. Olivo, Raleigh, NC (US);

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A transistor driver includes an inductor coupled to a gate terminal of a transistor and a switching circuit coupled to the inductor and configured to charge a capacitance at a gate terminal of the transistor from a source via the inductor responsive to a first state of a control input, to block discharge of the charged capacitance responsive to a voltage at the gate terminal and to return charge from the charged capacitance to the source responsive to transition of the control input to a second state. The switching circuit may include a switch coupled in series with the inductor and the source and configured to conduct responsive to transition of the control input to the first state and a rectifier coupled in series with the inductor and the source and configured to block discharge of the charged capacitance responsive to the voltage at the gate terminal.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Olivo, Anthony. (2013). Energy-recycling resonant drive circuits for semiconductor devices (U.S. Patent No. 8456201). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8456201

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