Gate driver circuit and hysteresis circuit therefor
AssigneeAnalog Devices, Inc.
InventorRakesh Goel
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Abstract
A hysteresis circuit including first and second voltage reference circuits responsive to an input control signal for providing first and second voltage levels connected in series to produce a higher voltage level; a first switching circuit, responsive to the voltage reference circuits to turn on and provide an output drive signal when the higher voltage is reached; a second switching circuit, responsive to the first switching circuit turning on, for removing one of the first and second voltage levels to produce a lower voltage level; the first switching circuit turning off in response to the input level control signal decreasing below the lower voltage level.
Claims2
The hysteresis circuit comprising:
- first and second voltage reference circuits responsive to an input control signal for providing first and second voltage levels connected in series to produce a higher voltage level;
- a first switching circuit, responsive to said voltage reference circuits, to turn on and provide an output drive signal when said higher voltage is reached;
- a second switching circuit, responsive to said first switching circuit turning on, for removing one of said first and second voltage levels to produce a lower voltage level.
A power converter gate driver circuit comprising:
- an isolation circuit, responsive to an input control signal;
- a rectifier circuit, responsive to said isolation circuit, for rectifying said control signal;
- a filter circuit, responsive to said rectifying circuit for filtering the rectified control signal;
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- a hysteresis circuit, responsive to the filtered, rectified control signal reaching a higher level for producing an output drive signal and in response to the filtered rectified control signal decreasing to a lower level below said higher level for ending said output drive signal and maintaining said output drive signal between said higher and lower levels;
- wherein said hysteresis circuit includes:
- first and second voltage reference circuits responsive to an input control signal for providing first and second voltage levels connected in series to produce a higher voltage level;
- a first switching circuit, responsive to said voltage reference circuits, to turn on and provide an output drive signal when said higher voltage is reached;
- a second switching circuit, responsive to said first switching circuit turning on, for removing one of said first and second voltage levels to produce a lower voltage level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.