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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Infineon Technologies Austria Ag, Villach, AT;
Inventor:
Bernhard Zojer, Villach, AT;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 1/00 (2006.01); H03K 3/00 (2006.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01); H03K 17/13 (2006.01); H03K 19/0175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/687 (2013.01); H03K 17/133 (2013.01); H03K 19/017509 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, a circuit includes a first normally-on transistor having a drain coupled to a first switching output node, a normally-off transistor having a drain coupled to a source of the first normally-on transistor, a driver circuit configured to receive a switching signal, the driver circuit having an output coupled to a gate of the first normally-on transistor, and a second normally-on transistor having a drain terminal coupled to a supply node, a gate terminal coupled to the output of the driver circuit, and a source terminal configured to provide an auxiliary voltage.