Abstract:
A half-bridge circuit can include a high-side HEMT, a high-side switch transistor, a low-side HEMT, and a low-side switch transistor. The die substrates of the HEMTs can be coupled to the sources of their corresponding switch transistors. In another aspect, a packaged electronic device for a half-bridge circuit can have a design that can use shorter connectors that help to reduce parasitic inductance and resistance. In a further aspect, a packaged electronic device for a half-bridge circuit can include more than one connection along the bottom of the package allows less lead connections along the periphery of the packaged electronic device and can allow for a smaller package.
Abstract:
A circuit can include a transistor coupled to a resistor or a diode. In an embodiment, the circuit can include a pair of transistors arranged in a cascode configuration, and each of the transistors can have a corresponding component connected in parallel. In a particular embodiment, the components can be resistors, and in another particular, embodiment, the components can be diodes. The circuit can have less on-state resistance as compared to a circuit in which only one of the components is used, and reduces the off-state voltage on the gate of a high-side transistor. An integrated circuit can include a high electron mobility transistor structure and a resistor, a diode, a pair of resistors, or a pair of diodes.