Patent ID: 8985850
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G01K,H03K

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a processing system, a temperature value that represents a temperature at a gate terminal of a first transistor; determining, by a processor of the processing system, a drive strength value based on the temperature value, wherein the drive strength value comprises a digital value indicating a drive strength for a drive signal to be applied to the gate terminal of the first transistor, wherein the drive strength for the drive signal is directly proportional to the temperature; adjusting the drive strength of the drive signal, by a variable strength gate driver circuit coupled to the processing system and the first transistor, based on the determined drive strength value, wherein adjusting the drive strength of the drive signal comprises selecting one or more second transistors, which is different from the first transistor, in the variable strength gate driver circuit to at least one of charge or discharge the gate terminal of the first transistor, wherein the selected one or more second transistors control a speed at which the gate terminal of the first transistor is charged or discharged; and applying the drive signal with the adjusted drive strength to the gate terminal of the first transistor.