Patent ID: 11936368
Assignee: WOLFSPEED, INC.
Field: Basic communication processes (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. An apparatus comprising:
a power path comprising a first field-effect transistor (FET) and a primary conductive structure that is connected to both a drain and a source of the first FET, wherein a primary parasitic inductor exists within the power path due to a geometric configuration of the primary conductive structure; and
a first gate path comprising a first secondary conductive structure with a first gate terminal, a first Kelvin terminal, and a plurality of first gate connecting components, wherein:
the first gate path extends from the first gate terminal to the first Kelvin terminal, and the plurality of first gate connecting components is configured to connect the first gate terminal to a gate of the first FET and connect the first Kelvin terminal to the source of the first FET;
the first gate terminal is composed of two first input pins, and the first Kelvin terminal is composed of two first output pins, wherein the two first input pins and the two first output pins are configured symmetrically in both an X dimension and a Y dimension without symmetry in a Z dimension to provide a cross-pin conductive structure, wherein the X dimension, the Y dimension, and the Z dimension are orthogonal to each other; and
a first secondary parasitic inductor exists within the first gate path due to a geometric configuration of the first secondary conductive structure, and the first secondary parasitic inductor and the primary parasitic inductor are mutually coupled.