Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Driver for a power field-effect transistor, related system and integrated circuit
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Application No.: US15195122Application Date: 2016-06-28
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Publication No.: US09935626B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Aldo Davide Gariboldi
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.R.L.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- Priority: IT102016000009376 20160129
- Main IPC: H03K17/14
- IPC: H03K17/14 ; G05F3/16 ; H03K17/042 ; H03K17/16

Abstract:
A driver for a power field-effect transistor includes a first and second circuits that apply respective charge currents to a gate of the power field-effect transistor when a control signal has a first logic value and the voltage between the gate and the source is smaller than a first threshold voltage and greater than a second threshold voltage. Third and fourth circuits apply respective discharge currents to the gate when the control signal has a second logic value and the voltage between the gate and the source is greater than a third threshold voltage and smaller than a fourth threshold voltage. The driver may include at least one field-effect transistor configured to generate at least one of the first, second, third or fourth threshold voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170222638A1 DRIVER FOR A POWER FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR, RELATED SYSTEM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2017-08-03
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