Patent ID: 8022746

Claim:
A circuit for providing power, comprising: a switching circuit, including: a first switching device; a second switching device; a third switching device; and a fourth switching device, wherein the first switching device, the second switching device, the third switching device, and the fourth switching device are arranged to operate as an H-Bridge circuit, and wherein the first switching device and the second switching device are arranged as high-side switching devices; a first driver circuit that is arranged to selectively drive the first switching device; a first bootstrap capacitor that is arranged to provide power to the first driver circuit; a second driver circuit that is arranged to selectively drive the second switching device; a second bootstrap capacitor that is arranged to provide power to the second driver circuit; and a cross-couple circuit that is arranged to enable charging of the first bootstrap capacitor via current through selectively either the cross-couple circuit or another current path that is distinct from the cross-couple circuit based, at least in part, on whether the fourth switching device is open or closed, wherein the cross-couple circuit is coupled between the first bootstrap capacitor and the second bootstrap capacitor.