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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2015
Allegro Microsystems, Llc, Worcester, MA (US);
Joshua Wibben, New Brighton, MN (US);
Allegro MicroSystems, LLC, Worcester, MA (US);
Abstract
A driver circuit for driving a switching transistor includes a dead time calibration circuit and/or a quick start circuit. The dead time calibration circuit includes a delay comparator to compare a present delay between the low side switch turning off or the high side switch turning off and a voltage at a switch node between the high side switch and the low side switch to a past delay and a controller responsive to the comparison is configured to adjust the delay of an adjustable delay element coupled to a control terminal of a switching transistor. The quick start circuit includes a quick start signal generator having an adjustable delay element to generate a quick start signal having a pulse to turn on the switching transistor for a quick start interval, a quick start comparator configured to monitor the quick start signal, and a control circuit responsive to the comparison by the quick start comparator to adjust the delay of the delay element.