Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Driving stage circuit with plural clamping levels
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Application No.: US15287719Application Date: 2016-10-06
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Publication No.: US10014850B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Hsinlun Li
- Applicant: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: TW Zhubei, Hsinchu
- Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: TW Zhubei, Hsinchu
- Agency: Tung & Associates
- Main IPC: H03K3/00
- IPC: H03K3/00 ; H03K17/0812 ; H03K5/08 ; H03K17/082 ; H03K17/10 ; H03K17/12

Abstract:
The present invention provides a driving stage circuit, including a driving switch circuit and a conduction resistance adjusting circuit. The driving switch circuit generates an output signal according to a switch control signal. The conduction resistance adjusting circuit clamps the switch control signal to a first clamping level according to a current flowing through the driving switch circuit when the current is higher than a first current threshold, such that the conduction resistance of the driving switch circuit is not smaller than a first resistance so that a short circuit current of the driving switch circuit is not larger than a short circuit current limit, wherein a lowest level of the conduction resistance of the driving switch circuit is smaller than a second resistance and the output voltage level does not exceeds a output voltage limit when the current is lower than the first current threshold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170359055A1 DRIVING STAGE CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2017-12-14
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