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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Infineon Technologies Austria Ag, Villach, AT;
Inventor:
Thomas Ferianz, Bodensdorf, AT;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 5/00 (2006.01); H03K 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drive circuit may be configured to switch on an MOS transistor by precharging an input capacitance of the MOS transistor with a substantially constant amount of charge in a precharging phase, and charging the input capacitance with a controlled charging current after the precharging phase.