US 12,483,152 B2
Bias generation for power converter
Laszlo Balogh, Merrimack, NH (US); Michael Lueders, Freising (DE); Stefan Herzer, Marzling (DE); and Maik Peter Kaufmann, Freising (DE)
Assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/141,245.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/452,604, filed on Mar. 16, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0313660 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01); H02M 1/36 (2007.01)
CPC H02M 3/33576 (2013.01) [H02M 1/0009 (2021.05); H02M 1/0025 (2021.05); H02M 1/36 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a first transistor coupled between an inductor terminal and a ground terminal, the first transistor having a first control terminal;
a second transistor coupled between the inductor terminal and a bias terminal, the second transistor having a second control terminal; and
a controller having first and second control outputs, the first control output coupled to the first control terminal, the second control output coupled to the second control terminal.