Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Increasing efficiency of a switched mode power converter
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Application No.: US15682094Application Date: 2017-08-21
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Publication No.: US10425000B2Publication Date: 2019-09-24
- Inventor: Robert Alan Neidorff , Joseph Maurice Khayat
- Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Tuenlap Chan; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: H02M1/08
- IPC: H02M1/08 ; H02M3/158 ; H02M3/156 ; H03K17/16

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to increase efficiency of a power converter using a bias voltage on a low side drive gate are disclosed. An example power converter includes an inductor; a transistor coupled to the inductor; and a driver coupled to a gate of the transistor, the driver to apply (A) a first voltage to the gate to enable the transistor, (B) a second voltage to the gate to disable the transistor, and (C) a third voltage to the gate during a transition between applying the first voltage and the second voltage, the third voltage being between the first voltage and the second voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190058394A1 INCREASING EFFICIENCY OF A SWITCHED MODE POWER CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2019-02-21
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