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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electro-mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Inventor:
Won Jin Cho, Suwon-Si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/537 (2006.01); H03K 17/68 (2006.01); H02M 7/5387 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/68 (2013.01); H02M 7/5387 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gate driving device may include a plurality of inverter arms, respective inverter arms including a high-side switch and a low-side switch, a gate driving unit including a multi-channel gate driver that outputs control signals to control switching of the plurality of inverter arms, and a plurality of gate drivers, respective gate drivers receiving one of the control signals to output it to a corresponding high-side switch, and a balancing unit maintaining balance of voltage between the multi-channel gate driver and the plurality of gate drivers.