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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2016
Applicant:

Faraday & Future Inc., Gardena, CA (US);

Inventors:

Steven E. Schulz, Torrance, CA (US);

David Tang, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (US);

Silva Hiti, Redondo Beach, CA (US);

Hector Romo, Santa Ana, CA (US);

Marc Haeberlin, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Assignee:

FARADAY & FUTURE INC., Gardena, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/32 (2007.01); H02M 7/538 (2007.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H02M 7/5387 (2007.01); H03K 17/082 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01); H03K 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/32 (2013.01); B60L 11/1803 (2013.01); H02M 7/53871 (2013.01); H03K 17/0828 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0009 (2013.01); H03K 2017/0806 (2013.01);
Abstract

Circuits and methods for driving a load are disclosed. An exemplary driving circuit may include first and second switching devices electrically connected with each other in parallel. The driving circuit may also include a current sensing circuit configured to generate a current sensing signal indicating a value of a current flowing through the first switching device. The current sensing signal may include an offset caused by parasitic inductance imbalance in electrical connections connecting the first and second switching devices. The driving circuit may further include a driver circuit configured to control switching operations of the first and second switching devices. The driver circuit may include an overcurrent protection circuit electrically connected to the current sensing circuit. In addition, the driving circuit may include a current sensing signal correction circuit configured to reduce the offset in the current sensing signal received by the overcurrent protection circuit during a switching transient period.


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