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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2015
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Jongwon Shin, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Chi-Ming Wang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Khai Ngo, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure provide a circuit for driving a power switch. The circuit includes a first circuit configured to provide a charging current to charge a control terminal of the power switch, a second circuit configured to provide a discharging current to discharge the control terminal of the power switch, and a control circuit configured to provide control signals to the first circuit and the second circuit to activate/deactivate the first circuit and the second circuit. At least one of the charging current and the discharging current ramps from a first level to a second level at a rate.
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