System and method for bootstrapping a switch driver
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1. A method of operating a switch driver, the method comprising:
- charging a supply node of the switch driver with a network coupled between an output of a switch and a supply node of the driver, wherein the switch comprises a normally-on device in series with a switch transistor, and the normally-on device conducts electricity when a voltage between a control node of the normally-on device and a reference node of the normally-on device is about zero volts.
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Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, a driver circuit includes a low-side driver having a first output configured to be coupled to a control node of a first semiconductor switch, and a reference input configured to be coupled to a reference node of the first semiconductor switch. The low-side driver also includes a first capacitor coupled between an output node of the first semiconductor switch and a first node, a first diode coupled between the first node and a first power input of the driver, and a second capacitor coupled between the first power input of the low-side driver and the reference node of the first semiconductor switch.
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1. A method of operating a switch driver, the method comprising:
charging a supply node of the switch driver with a network coupled between an output of a switch and a supply node of the driver, wherein the switch comprises a normally-on device in series with a switch transistor, and the normally-on device conducts electricity when a voltage between a control node of the normally-on device and a reference node of the normally-on device is about zero volts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A circuit comprising:
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a first driver circuit configured to be coupled to a first switch having a first normally-on device coupled in series with a first switch transistor, wherein the normally-on device conducts electricity when a voltage between a control node of the normally-on device and a reference node of the normally-on device is about zero volts; and a first network coupled between an output of the first switch and a supply node of the first driver circuit, wherein the first network is configured to charge a supply node of the first driver circuit. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A circuit comprising:
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a first switch comprising a normally-on device coupled in series with a switch transistor, wherein the normally-on device conducts electricity when a voltage between a control node of the normally-on device and a reference node of the normally-on device is about zero volts; a low-side driver; and a first network coupled between an output of the first switch and a supply node of the low-side driver, wherein the first network comprises a capacitor in series with a first diode, and the first network is configured to charge a supply node of the low-side driver. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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