System and apparatus for driver circuit for protection of gates of GaN FETs

HP Forghani-Zadeh, LA Huertas-Sanchez - US Patent 8,593,211, 2013 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A half-bridge power circuit comprises a first gallium nitride field effect
transistor (GaN FET); a first driver coupled to a gate of the first GaN FET; an anode of a …

Integrated III-nitride power converter circuit

HT Bahramian, J Zhang, MA Briere - US Patent 8,063,616, 2011 - Google Patents
Filed: Jan. 11, 2008 One disclosed embodiment is a power conversion circuit (65) Prior
Publication Data including a power conversion bridge between a bus Voltage US …

Half bridge driver circuits

DM Kinzer, S Sharma, JJ Zhang - US Patent 9,571,093, 2017 - Google Patents
(51) Int. Cl.(57) ABSTRACT H02M I/08(2006.01) GaN-based half bridge power conversion
circuits employ H02M I/084(2006.01) control, Support and logic functions that are …

Pulsed level shift and inverter circuits for GaN devices

DM Kinzer, S Sharma, JJ Zhang - US Patent 9,401,612, 2016 - Google Patents
US9401612B2 - Pulsed level shift and inverter circuits for GaN devices - Google Patents
US9401612B2 - Pulsed level shift and inverter circuits for GaN devices - Google Patents Pulsed …

Electronic devices and components for high efficiency power circuits

Y Wu - US Patent 8,816,497, 2014 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND As the amount of worldwide electrical power consumption has been
constantly increasing, power Supplies and power converters have become increasingly …

Semiconductor electronic components with integrated current limiters

Y Wu, U Mishra, S Chowdhury - US Patent 8,803,246, 2014 - Google Patents
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Half bridge driver circuits

DM Kinzer, S Sharma, J Zhang - US Patent 9,960,764, 2018 - Google Patents
GaN-based half bridge power conversion circuits employ control, support and logic functions
that are monolithically integrated on the same devices as the power transistors. In some …

Semiconductor power modules and devices

Y Wu - US Patent 8,648,643, 2014 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Power Switching circuits such as bridge circuits are com monly used in a
variety of applications. A circuit schematic of a 3-phase bridge circuit 10 configured to drive a …

Level shift and inverter circuits for GaN devices

DM Kinzer, S Sharma, JJ Zhang - US Patent 9,537,338, 2017 - Google Patents
H02M I/00(2006.01) 2014f0070627 A1 3/2014 Briere et al. HO3K 3/02(2006.01)
2014/0225162 A1 8/2014 Briere HO3K 7/10(2006.01) 2014/0347905 A1 11/2014 Takizawa …

Half bridge power conversion circuits using GaN devices

DM Kinzer, S Sharma, JJ Zhang - US Patent 9,859,732, 2018 - Google Patents
GaN-based half bridge power conversion circuits employ control, support and logic functions
that are monolithically integrated on the same devices as the power transistors. In some …