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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2014
Kamel Abouda, Saint Lys, FR;
Estelle Huynh, Toulouse, FR;
Thierry Michel Laplagne, Cugnaux, FR;
NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A high side driver component for generating a drive signal at an output thereof for driving a high side switching device within a high voltage driver circuit. The high side driver component is arranged to operate in at least one reduced slew rate mode in which at least one drive stages is arranged to be in a non-drive state, and the high side driver component further comprises at least one discharge protection component arranged to, when the high side driver component is operating in the at least one reduced slew rate mode, receive an indication of the high voltage driver circuit being in an idle state, and cause the second switching device within the at least one drive stage in a non-drive state to be turned on, in response to the indication of the high voltage driver circuit being in an idle state.