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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventor:
Matthias Rose, Helmond, NL;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/15 (2006.01); H03K 17/0812 (2006.01); H03K 17/10 (2006.01); H03K 17/567 (2006.01); H01L 27/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/06 (2013.01); H03K 17/08122 (2013.01); H03K 17/102 (2013.01); H03K 17/567 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cascoded power semiconductor circuit is provided for power switches based on depletion-mode (normally on) devices. The control circuit makes use of a bootstrap arrangement that allows an active control of both power switches of a cascode circuit using a single gate driver.