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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
May. 27, 2011
Shengyuan LI, Irving, TX (US);
Douglas Warren Dean, Eagan, MN (US);
Indumini Ranmuthu, Plano, TX (US);
Shengyuan Li, Irving, TX (US);
Douglas Warren Dean, Eagan, MN (US);
Indumini Ranmuthu, Plano, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Various apparatuses, methods and systems for damping a current driver are disclosed herein. For example, some embodiments provide an apparatus for supplying current, including an output transistor connected between a voltage supply and a current output, and an active clamp connected between the current output and a current sink. The active clamp is adapted to connect the current output to the current sink when a voltage at the current output reaches a predetermined state relative to a voltage at a control input of the output transistor.