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Circuit for preventing more than one transistor from conducting

US5777496A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 27, 1996
Grant dateJul 7, 1998
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K19/0013
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A totem pole output stage including first and second control modules cross coupled to first and second switching modules for measuring the charge on the gate of a FET contained in the opposing switching module to determine the condition of the opposing switching module, so as to avoid mutual conductivity events without the use of a fixed timing delay while maximizing switching performance.

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