Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gate drivers and voltage regulators for gallium nitride devices and integrated circuits
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Application No.: US16449356Application Date: 2019-06-22
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Publication No.: US10686411B2Publication Date: 2020-06-16
- Inventor: Zhanming Li , Yue Fu , Yan-Fei Liu
- Applicant: Zhanming Li , Yue Fu , Yan-Fei Liu
- Main IPC: H03F1/30
- IPC: H03F1/30 ; H03F1/52 ; H01L29/20 ; H01L27/02 ; H01L27/06 ; H01L29/778 ; H03F3/213 ; H01L21/8252

Abstract:
Voltage stabilizing and voltage regulating circuits implemented in GaN HEMT technology provide stable output voltages suitable for use in applications such as GaN power transistor gate drivers and low voltage auxiliary power supplies for GaN integrated circuits. Gate driver and voltage regulator modules include at least one GaN D-mode HEMT (DHEMT) and at least two GaN E-mode HEMTs (EHEMTs) connected together in series, so that the at least one DHEMT operates as a variable resistor and the at least two EHEMTs operate as a Zener diode that limits the output voltage. The gate driver and voltage regulator modules may be implemented as a GaN integrated circuits, and may be monolithically integrated together with other components such as amplifiers and power HEMTs on a single die to provide a GaN HEMT power module IC.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200007091A1 Gate Drivers and Voltage Regulators for Gallium Nitride Devices and Integrated Circuits Public/Granted day:2020-01-02
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