Patent ID: 7000128
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: H03K

Abstract:
1. A method of scaling a power device circuit by adjusting a charge level of a gate capacitance of the power device circuit comprising: initializing a load-optimized charge level; evaluating a pulse control signal when the pulse control signal transitions from one of a first logical level and a second logical level to the other, wherein the first logical level is an inverse of the second logical level; delivering charge to the gate capacitance of the power device circuit when a first condition and a second condition are satisfied, wherein the first condition is satisfied when a level of the pulse control signal corresponds to the first logical level, and the second condition is satisfied when the charge associated with the gate capacitance of the power device circuit is less than the load-optimized charge level; and removing charge from the gate capacitance of the power device circuit when the level of the pulse control signal corresponds to the second logical level.