Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ring amplitude measurement and mitigation
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Application No.: US16247146Application Date: 2019-01-14
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Publication No.: US10651841B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Rajdeep Bondade , Nathan Schemm , Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay
- Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Michael A. Davis, Jr.; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: H03K3/00
- IPC: H03K3/00 ; H03K17/687 ; H03K5/1532 ; H03K5/08 ; H03K3/0233 ; H03K5/24 ; H02M1/08 ; H03K17/082 ; H03K17/16

Abstract:
An apparatus includes a voltage divider circuit including a plurality of series-connected capacitors and including an input terminal of one of the capacitors configured to receive a first voltage from a switch, and a ring node comprising the connection between at least two of the series-connected capacitors. The apparatus further includes a negative clamp circuit coupled to the ring node of the voltage divider circuit and a bias voltage node. The bias voltage node is configured to receive a bias voltage and responsive to a ring voltage on the ring node being less than the bias voltage, the negative clamp circuit is configured to clamp the ring voltage at a first threshold voltage. The apparatus also includes a peak detector circuit coupled to the ring node of the voltage divider circuit and configured to detect a peak amplitude of the ring voltage. The apparatus further includes a switch driver coupled to the peak detector circuit and configured to adjust a control signal to the switch responsive to the detected peak amplitude.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190149150A1 RING AMPLITUDE MEASUREMENT AND MITIGATION Public/Granted day:2019-05-16
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