Invention Application
- Patent Title: DRIVE CIRCUIT
- Patent Title (中): 驱动电路
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Application No.: US13424481Application Date: 2012-03-20
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Publication No.: US20120176065A1Publication Date: 2012-07-12
- Inventor: Eric Danstrom
- Applicant: Eric Danstrom
- Applicant Address: US TX Coppell
- Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.
- Current Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Coppell
- Main IPC: H05B37/02
- IPC: H05B37/02

Abstract:
A plurality of resistive paths are coupled in parallel to a common node. A high side driver is operable responsive to first control signals to selectively supply current to certain ones of the resistive paths. A low side driver, including a plurality of selectively actuated current sink paths, is provided to sink current from the common node. A control logic circuit actuates a current sink path within the low side driver for each resistive path that is selectively supplied current by the high side driver. A substantially constant low side voltage drop through these sink paths is provided regardless of the number of resistive paths that are supplied current by the high side driver. A switched high side and low side configuration operating in an analogous way is also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US08248325B2 Drive circuit Public/Granted day:2012-08-21
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