Patent ID: 11876511
Assignee: DIODES INCORPORATED
Field: Basic communication processes (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A process of driving a switch in a voltage converter, comprising:
flowing a current on a current path to a switch in response to a low input signal, wherein the current path comprises a depletion transistor and a resistive element, and wherein a first terminal of the resistive element is connected to a drain/source terminal of the depletion transistor, and a second terminal of the resistive element is connected to a gate terminal of the depletion transistor, and wherein a voltage across the resistive element generates a negative voltage between the gate terminal and the drain/source terminal of the depletion transistor; and
limiting the amount of the current to a pinched-off current of the depletion transistor in the current path.