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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Infineon Technologies Austria Ag, Villach, AT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/687 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/687 (2013.01); H03K 2017/6875 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a switching circuit includes input drain, source and gate nodes, a high voltage depletion mode transistor including a current path coupled in series with a current path of a low voltage enhancement mode transistor, and a current sense circuit for sensing the current flowing through a current sense path.