Diagnostic/protective high voltage gate driver ic (hvic) for pdp
AssigneeInternational Rectifier Corporation
InventorDong Young Lee
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Abstract
A PDP sustain driver circuit including at least one high voltage gate driver IC (HVIC) having internal logic functions. The PDP sustain driver circuit including a plurality of switches, the HVIC providing a unique control signal to at least one first and at least one second switch. The internal logic functions including a sensing circuit for sensing information about the at least one second switch; and a reporting circuit for reporting or displaying a signal indicating at least one of a plurality of failure modes of the at least one second switch.
Claims12
A PDP sustain driver circuit including at least one high voltage gate driver IC (HVIC) having internal logic functions, the circuit comprising:
- a plurality of electronic switches, the HVIC providing a unique control signal to at least one first and at least one second switch;
- the internal logic functions comprising:
- a sensing circuit for sensing information about the at least one second switch;
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- a reporting circuit for reporting or displaying a signal indicating at least one of a plurality of failure modes of the at least one second switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.