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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2010
Applicants:
Michael Couleur, Munich, DE;
Lei Liao, Aachen, DE;
Christophe Vaucourt, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH, Freising, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/618 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic device is provided for switched DC-DC conversion of an input voltage level into an output voltage level. The electronic device is configured to control a control gate of a power switch and to prevent a charge of a capacitance of the control gate released during a switching operation from flowing to ground.