Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for a pre-driver circuit
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Application No.: US15265627Application Date: 2016-09-14
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Publication No.: US09843321B2Publication Date: 2017-12-12
- Inventor: Sameer Vashishtha
- Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Amsterdam
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics International B.V.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics International B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Amsterdam
- Agency: Slater Matsil, LLP
- Main IPC: H03B1/00
- IPC: H03B1/00 ; H03K3/00 ; H03K17/687 ; H03K19/0185 ; H03K5/12

Abstract:
A drive circuit includes an input, a driver, a first buffer, a second buffer, a first capacitance element, and a second capacitance element. The driver includes a first PMOS transistor and a first NMOS transistor coupled in series between a supply terminal and a reference terminal. The first buffer is coupled between the input and a control terminal of the first PMOS transistor. The second buffer is coupled between the input and a control terminal of the first NMOS transistor. The first capacitance element is coupled to the control terminal of the first PMOS transistor through a first semiconductor switch. The second capacitance element is coupled to the control terminal of the first NMOS transistor through a second semiconductor switch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170005655A1 System and Method for a Pre-Driver Circuit Public/Granted day:2017-01-05
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