Abstract:
Circuitry for ramping a voltage across a load 506 includes a charging circuit 500 for charging a capacitor 501 to generate a ramp-up wave form. Circuitry 511 selectively decouples a first driver 510 from load 506 during a ramping up mode and couples first driver 510 to load 506 during a normal operating mode. Ramp up driver 507a is selectively coupled to the load 506 during the ramp-up mode for ramping up the voltage across load 506 in response to the ramp-up wave form generated by charging circuitry 500. A discharge circuit 503d, 514a,b discharges capacitor 501 to generate a power-down wave form. Circuitry 511 selectively decouples a first driver 501 from output load 506 during the ramping down of the voltage across output load 506. A ramp-down driver 507b selectively ramps-down the voltage across output load 506 in response to the ramp-down wave form generated by discharge circuitry 503d, 514a,b.