×

Driver for a controllable switch in a power converter

  • US 6,262,564 B1
  • Filed: 11/10/2000
  • Issued: 07/17/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A driver configured to receive a control signal and operate a controllable switch, comprising:

  • a switching network couplable to said controllable switch and including first and second complementary drive switches;

    a capacitor coupled between control terminals of said first and second complementary drive switches; and

    a diode couplable between a bias energy source and said capacitor, said first and second complementary switches configured to cooperate to produce a drive signal as a function of said control signal and a level of said bias energy source.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×