Patent ID: 8786327

Claim:
An electronic component, comprising: a half bridge adapted for operation with an electrical load having an operating frequency, the half bridge comprising a first switch and a second switch each having a switching frequency, the first switch and the second switch each including a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal, wherein the first terminal of the first switch and the second terminal of the second switch are both electrically connected to a node; and a filter having a 3 dB roll-off frequency, the 3 dB roll-off frequency being less than the switching frequency of the switches but greater than the operating frequency of the electrical load, and the first terminal of the filter being electrically coupled to the node; wherein the first switch or the second switch comprises a high-voltage depletion-mode transistor and a low-voltage enhancement-mode transistor, the high-voltage depletion-mode transistor comprising a source electrode, and the low-voltage enhancement-mode transistor being mounted directly on top of the source electrode of the high-voltage depletion-mode transistor; and the 3 dB roll-off frequency of the filter is greater than 5 kHz.