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System and method for a driver circuit

US8841940B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies Austria AG · AT

Inventors

Jens Barrenscheen · Munich, DE
Laurent Beaurenaut · Neubiberg, DE
Marcus Nuebling · Olching, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 6, 2013
Grant date	Sep 23, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 6, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH03K17/168
WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating a gate driving circuit includes monitoring a signal integrity at an output of the gate driving circuit. If the signal integrity is poor based on the monitoring, output of the gate driving circuit is placed in a high impedance state and an external signal integrity failure signal is asserted.

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