Patent ID: 9070562
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: H01L,H02M,H03K

Abstract:
1. A circuit comprising: a first switching element having a first current-carrying electrode and a second current-carrying electrode; a second switching element having a first current-carrying electrode and a second current-carrying electrode, wherein the first current-carrying electrode of the second switching element is coupled to the second current-carrying electrode of the first switching element; a first rectifying element having an anode and a cathode, wherein the cathode of the first rectifying element is coupled to the second current-carrying electrode of the first switching element; a second rectifying element having an anode and a cathode, wherein the anode of the second rectifying element is coupled to the first current-carrying electrode of the second switching element; and a first charge storage element having a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal of the first charge storage element is coupled to the first current-carrying electrode of the first switching element, and the second terminal of the first charge storage element is coupled to the anode of the first rectifying element; and a second charge storage element having a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal of the second charge storage element is coupled to the cathode of the second rectifying element, and wherein the second terminal of the second charge storage element is coupled to the second current-carrying terminal of the second switching element, wherein: