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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Michael G. Amaro, Naperville, IL (US);
Joseph Maurice Khayat, Bedford, NH (US);
Pradeep S. Shenoy, Richardson, TX (US);
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A power converter includes at least a first phase including a high-side MOSFET transistor (HSA) and a low-side (LS) MOSFET transistor (LSA) driving a first output inductor. The first phase further includes an active gate drive assist circuit including first MOSFET switch (first switch) and second MOSFET switch (second switch) positioned in series between a source of HSA and a drain of LSA. A capacitor (CS) is between the source of HSA and drain of LSA. A bootstrap capacitor (CA) having a reference terminal is connected to a node between the first switch and the second switch.