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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2011
Applicant:
Brian Harold Floyd, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Brian Harold Floyd, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Aptus Power Semiconductor, Los Altos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/10 (2006.01); G05F 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for operating a load switch, wherein a charge pump drives a gate of the load switch, comprises the steps of: controlling a charge pump frequency as a function of states of the load switch; generating a charge pump output as a function of the charge pump frequency; and providing the charge pump output to the gate of the load switch.