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US 2017/0367155 A1Published application
Reducing power dissipation in driver circuits
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorsFabrizio Cortigiani, Andrea Logiudice, Maurizio Galvano, Marco Pamato
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Abstract
In one example, a method includes generating, by a current source of a device, a first portion of a power signal that drives one or more load elements. In this example, a second portion of the power signal is generated by one or more components that are external to the device and are in parallel to the current source such that the second portion of the power signal does not flow through the current source.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- generating, by a current source of a device, a first portion of a power signal that drives one or more load elements, wherein a second portion of the power signal is generated by one or more components that are external to the device and are in parallel to the current source such that the second portion of the power signal does not flow through the current source.
A driver device comprising:
- a current source configured to generate a first portion of a power signal that drives one or more load elements, wherein a second portion of the power signal is generated by one or more components that are external to the device and are in parallel to the current source such that the second portion of the power signal does not flow through the current source.
A driver device comprising:
- means for generating a first portion of a power signal that drives one or more load elements, wherein a second portion of the power signal is generated by one or more components that are external to the device and are in parallel to the current source such that the second portion of the power signal does not flow through the current source;
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- means for outputting the first portion of the power signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.