Integrated circuits with programmable gate timing signal generation for power converters and apparatus comprising the same

An apparatus, comprising:

• a semiconductor device to control a power converter having two or more power field effect transistors (FETs), comprising the following:
• a gate signal generator configured to produce two or more gate signals able to drive the two or more FETs, the gate signal generator with programmable timing configuration parameters to control operation of the two or more gate signals, wherein the timing configuration parameters are digitally programmed via a memory in the semiconductor device, wherein:
• the apparatus comprises a serial-to-parallel interface and a multiplexor,
• the serial-to-parallel interface is connected to a first input of a multiplexor;
• a second input of the multiplexor is connected to the memory;
• the gate signal generator has a parallel input, and an output of the multiplexor is connected to the parallel input of the gate signal generator,
• the timing configuration parameters are set through the serial-to-parallel interface, through the first input and the output of the multiplexor to the parallel input the gate signal generator, or are set from the memory, through the second input and the output of the multiplexor, and into the parallel input of the gate signal generator.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a semiconductor device to control a power converter having two or more power field effect transistors (FETs), comprising the following:
• a gate signal generator configured to produce two or more gate signals able to drive the two or more FETs, the gate signal generator with programmable timing configuration parameters to control operation of the two or more gate signals, wherein the timing configuration parameters are digitally programmed via a memory in the semiconductor device;
• and
• a controller configured to cause the apparatus to perform an optimization process to determine the timing configuration parameters, wherein the timing configuration parameters are considered based on the optimization process to be optimal for the power converter.