An aspect of the present invention includes a circuit having a cascoded H-bridge, an upper voltage supply component, a lower voltage supply component and a pre-driver component. The cascoded H-bridge is arranged to provide a driving signal for driving a load. The upper voltage supply component can provide an upper supply voltage to the cascoded H-bridge. The lower voltage supply component can provide a lower supply voltage to the cascoded H-bridge. The pre-driver component can provide a pre-driving signal to the cascoded H-bridge, wherein pre-driver component has a first voltage source and a second voltage source. The first voltage source can provide an upper swing voltage and the second voltage source can provide a lower swing voltage. The pre-driver component can provide the pre-driving signal based on the upper swing voltage, the lower swing voltage and one of the upper supply voltage and the lower supply voltage.