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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2011
Applicant:
Justin Shi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventor:
Justin Shi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/00 (2006.01); H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H02M 3/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H02M 3/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
A switching regulator includes a high side driver electrically coupled with a power line that is configured to provide a supply voltage. A low side driver is electrically coupled between the high side driver and ground. A regulator control circuit is electrically coupled with a gate of the high side driver and a gate of the low side driver. The regulator control circuit is configured to pre-charge a first node between the regulator control circuit and the gate of the high side driver to a first voltage level and to boost the first node to a second voltage level that is higher than the first voltage level to turn on the high side driver.