Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrostatic discharge protection in a monolithic gate driver having multiple voltage domains
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Application No.: US16838379Application Date: 2020-04-02
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Publication No.: US11431166B2Publication Date: 2022-08-30
- Inventor: Matteo Albertini
- Applicant: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
- Applicant Address: AT Villach
- Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
- Current Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
- Current Assignee Address: AT Villach
- Agency: Design IP
- Main IPC: H02H9/04
- IPC: H02H9/04 ; H03K3/017 ; H02H1/00

Abstract:
A gate driver integrated circuit includes a high-side region that operates in a first voltage domain according to a first pair of supply terminals that include a first lower supply terminal and a first higher supply terminal; a low-side region that operates in a second voltage domain according to a second pair of supply terminals; a low-voltage region the operates in a third voltage domain; at least one termination region that electrically isolates the high-side region from the low-side region and the low-voltage region; a first electrostatic device arranged in the high-side region and connected to the first pair of supply terminals; a second electrostatic device arranged in the low-side region and connected to the second pair of supply terminals; and a third electrostatic device connected to a lower supply terminal of the first pair of supply terminals and is coupled in series with the first electrostatic device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210313801A1 ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION IN A MONOLITHIC GATE DRIVER HAVING MULTIPLE VOLTAGE DOMAINS Public/Granted day:2021-10-07
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