Gate drivers for circuits based on semiconductor devices

摘要

An electronic component includes a switching device comprising a source, a gate, and a drain, the switching device having a predetermined device switching rate. The electronic component further includes a gate driver electrically connected to the gate and coupled between the source and the gate of the switching device, the gate driver configured to switch a gate voltage of the switching device at a gate driver switching rate. The gate driver is configured such that in operation, an output current of the gate driver cannot exceed a first current level, wherein the first current level is sufficiently small to provide a switching rate of the switching device in operation to be less than the predetermined device switching rate.

主权项

1. An electronic component, comprising:
a switching device comprising a source, a gate, and a drain, the switching device having a predetermined device switching rate; a gate driver electrically coupled between the source and the gate of the switching device; and a ferrite bead connected between the output of the gate driver and the gate of the switching device, the gate driver configured to switch a gate voltage of the switching device at a gate driver switching rate, the gate driver configured such that in operation, an output current of the gate driver cannot exceed a first current level; wherein the first current level is sufficiently small to provide a switching rate of the switching device in operation to be less than the predetermined device switching rate.