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US 2016/0079854 A1Published application
GaN CIRCUIT DRIVERS FOR GaN CIRCUIT LOADS
AssigneeNavitas Semiconductor Limited
InventorsDaniel M. Kinzer, Santosh Sharma, Ju Jason Zhang
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Abstract
An electronic circuit is disclosed. The electronic circuit includes a substrate having GaN, and a power switch formed on the substrate and including a first control gate and a first source. The electronic circuit also includes a drive circuit formed on the substrate and including an output coupled to the first control gate, and a power supply having a supply voltage and coupled to the drive circuit, where the output can be driven to the supply voltage.
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An electronic circuit, comprising:
- a substrate comprising GaN;
- a power switch formed on the substrate and including a first control gate and a first source;
- a drive circuit formed on the substrate and including an output coupled to the first gate;
- and
- a first power supply having a maximum voltage and coupled to the drive circuit;
- wherein the output can be driven to the maximum voltage.
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An electronic component comprising:
- a package base;
- at least one GaN-based die secured to the package base and including an electronic circuit comprising:
- a power switch formed on the at least one GaN based die and including a first control gate and a first source;
- a drive circuit formed on the at least one GaN based die and including an output coupled to the control gate;
- and
- a power supply having a maximum voltage, coupled to the drive circuit;
- wherein the output can be driven to the maximum voltage.
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A method of operating GaN-based circuit, the method comprising:
- receiving an input signal with a drive circuit;
- processing the input signal with the drive circuit;
- transmitting an output signal to a control gate of a switch;
- wherein the drive circuit and the switch are disposed on a unitary GaN substrate and the drive circuit comprises:
- at least one enhancement mode transistor;
- at least one current conducting element;
- and
- does not include any depletion mode transistors.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.