- 专利标题: Driver interface methods and apparatus for switch-mode power converters, switch-mode power amplifiers, and other switch-based circuits
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申请号: US15176487申请日: 2016-06-08
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公开(公告)号: US10084448B2公开(公告)日: 2018-09-25
- 发明人: Waclaw Godycki
- 申请人: Eridan Communications, Inc.
- 申请人地址: US CA Santa Clara
- 专利权人: Eridan Communications, Inc.
- 当前专利权人: Eridan Communications, Inc.
- 当前专利权人地址: US CA Santa Clara
- 代理机构: Patent Law Professionals, P.C.
- 代理商 William E. Winters
- 主分类号: H03K17/687
- IPC分类号: H03K17/687 ; H03K5/08 ; H03K17/74 ; H03K17/691 ; H01L29/778 ; H01L29/20 ; H03F3/217 ; H03F3/193 ; H02M3/158
摘要:
A driver interface for a switch-based circuit includes an AC coupling capacitor, a first diode or a first series of diodes, and a second diode or a second series of diodes connected in series with the first diode or first series of diodes but with an opposing polarity. The AC coupling capacitor removes a DC voltage from an input bi-level drive signal that does not have the appropriate high and low drive levels needed to switch a FET in the switch-based circuit between fully ON and fully OFF states. The first diode or first series of diodes and the second diode or second series of diodes clamp the resulting AC-coupled drive signal to produce an output bi-level drive signal having the high and low drive levels needed to switch the FET between fully ON and fully OFF states. The driver interface maintains the high and low drive levels of the output bi-level drive signal irrespective of any changes made to the duty cycle or pulse density of the input bi-level drive signal.
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