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US 8,570,012 B2Granted
Diode for use in a switched mode power supply
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsTobin D. Hagan, Marco Corsi, David L. Freeman
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Abstract
A tunable depletion diode is provided. Within this depletion diode, there is a depletion mode transistor that is coupled to the anode terminal at its gate and the cathode terminal at its drain. A diode is coupled between the source of the depletion mode transistor and the anode terminal, and a variable capacitor is coupled between the source of the depletion mode transistor and the anode terminal, where the capacitance of the variable capacitor is controls the reverse recovery time of the tunable depletion diode.
Claims8
An apparatus comprising:
- a first terminal;
- a second terminal;
- a depletion mode transistor that is coupled to the second terminal at its gate and the first terminal at its drain;
- a diode that is coupled between the source of the depletion mode transistor and the second terminal;
- and
- a variable capacitor that is coupled between the source of the depletion mode transistor and the second terminal.
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A tunable depletion diode comprising:
- a cathode terminal;
- an anode terminal;
- a depletion mode transistor that is coupled to the anode at its gate and the cathode terminal at its drain;
- a diode that is coupled between the source of the depletion mode transistor and the anode terminal;
- and
- a variable capacitor that is coupled between the source of the depletion mode transistor and the anode terminal, wherein the capacitance of the variable capacitor is controls the reverse recovery time of the tunable depletion diode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.