Patent ID: 7965127

Claim:
A drive circuit for a power switch component said drive circuit comprising: an input terminal for receiving a drive pulse; a first semiconductor component; a second semiconductor component; each of the first semiconductor component and second semiconductor component having a controllable terminal, a voltage amplifying terminal and a current amplifying terminal, the current amplifying terminals of said first and second semiconductor components being interconnected, the voltage amplifying terminal of the first semiconductor component being coupled to a first power rail and the voltage amplifying terminal of the second semiconductor component being coupled to a second power rail, the first power rail being at a higher potential than the second power rail, the controllable terminals of the first semiconductor component and second semiconductor component being interconnected; a resistor; a diode, the resistor and diode being coupled in parallel between said controllable terminals and the input terminal; a capacitor being coupled between said controllable terminals and said current amplifying terminals, wherein each of the first semiconductor component and second semiconductor component has a diode coupled between its current amplifying terminal and its voltage amplifying terminal.