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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2011
Pavel Konecny, San Jose, CA (US);
Jinwen Xiao, Los Altos, CA (US);
John M. Khoury, Austin, TX (US);
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed relating to charging and discharging a gate of transistor. In one embodiment, an apparatus is disclosed that includes a driver configured to discharge a gate of a transistor. The driver is configured to discharge the gate at a first rate until reaching a Miller plateau for the transistor, and to discharge the gate at a second rate after reaching the Miller plateau. In such an embodiment, the first rate is greater than the second rate. In some embodiments, the driver is also configured to charge the gate of the transistor at a third rate until reaching a Miller plateau for the transistor, and to charge the gate at a fourth rate after reaching the Miller plateau, the third rate being greater than the fourth rate. In some embodiments, the apparatus is a class D amplifier.