A high-speed circuit with a high-voltage (HV) driver circuit. The high-speed circuit has a driver circuit and a level shifter. The driver circuit includes HV components which are operated in an HV domain. The level shifter includes low-voltage (LV) components which are operated in an LV domain. The level shifter translates signals from the LV domain to the HV domain to generate control signals for the driver circuit. The high-speed circuit may include a protection voltage generator converting a power supply voltage and a power ground voltage to generate a first direct-current bias voltage (VBP) and a second direct-current bias voltage (VBN) to bias the LV components of the level shifter. The LV components of the level shifter include input transistors and protection transistors. Gate voltages of the protection transistors may be tied to VBP or VBN.

There may be two active snubbers for direct current (dc) solid-state circuit breakers (SSCBs): metal-oxide-varistor with resistor-capacitor-switch (MOV-RCS) and active-MOV with resistor-capacitor-diode (AMOV-RCD). In the snubber branch, either half- or full-controlled switch can be used, leading to four topologies. The improved snubbers offer several improvements: 1) MOV is disconnected from the power line during SSCB OFF-state, which enhances reliability as neither voltage nor power appears on MOV; 2) voltage utilization rate ηv of the main switch is remarkably increased, which improves efficiency and power density, and reduces design cost shows experiments of five prototypes are conducted including four proposed snubbers and a comparison with conventional MOV-RCD snubber.

An electronic device includes a semiconductor substrate and a bidirectional transistor switch formed on the substrate, the bidirectional switch including a first source node, a second source node and a common drain node. A first transistor is formed on the substrate and includes a first source terminal, a first drain terminal and a first gate terminal, wherein the first source terminal is connected to the substrate, the first drain terminal is connected to the first source node and the first gate terminal is connected to the second source node. A second transistor is formed on the substrate and includes a second source terminal, a second drain terminal and a second gate terminal, wherein the second source terminal is connected to the substrate, the second drain terminal is connected to the second source node and the second gate terminal is connected to the first source node.

A switching driver circuit may have an output stage having an output switch connected between a switching voltage node and an output node. A switch network may control a switching voltage at the switching voltage node so that in one mode the switching voltage node is coupled to a positive voltage and in another mode the switching voltage node is coupled to ground voltage via a first switching path of the switch network. The circuit may also include an n-well switching block operable to, when the first switching voltage node is coupled to a positive voltage, connect the n-well of the first output switch to the switching voltage node, and, when the first switching voltage node is coupled to the ground voltage, connect the n-well of the first output switch to a first ground which is separate to the first switching voltage node and independent of the first switching path.

A circuit to rectify an alternating current (AC) signal produced by an output coil of a transformer responsive to an input current in an input coil of the transformer comprises: an output node and a return node coupled to an output load; a first rectifier, coupled to a first terminal of the output coil and the return node, to rectify the AC signal to supply a current to the output node when the input current is ON; a second rectifier, coupled to a second terminal of the output coil and the return node, to rectify the AC signal to supply a current to the output node when the input current is OFF; and a voltage clamp to clamp a first voltage transient and a second voltage transient of the AC signal that occur at the first terminal and the second terminal when the input current is switched OFF and ON.

A clamp circuit includes a first MOS transistor and a second MOS transistor connected in series with the first MOS transistor. The first MOS transistor has a gate connected to a drain of the first MOS transistor. The second MOS transistor has a gate connected to a drain of the second MOS transistor. The clamp circuit is configured so that at least one of the first MOS transistor and the second MOS transistor causes a body effect.

An overcurrent protection circuit and display drive device, comprising: when input current of a front end corresponding to a logic signal experiences overcurrent, preventing the input current of the front end experiencing overcurrent from being transmitted to a drive chip, thereby preventing damage to the drive chip.

The present invention relates to a relay driving circuit and a battery system for generating a gate voltage for controlling ON/OFF of a pre-charge relay, and provides a relay driving circuit that controls electrical connection between an external device and a battery pack, including: a transistor that receives a control signal of an enable level to perform an ON operation; a first resistor having a first end connected to a positive electrode of the battery pack and a second end connected to the relay, by the ON operation of the transistor; and a second resistor connected between the the second end of the first resistor and the external device, the relay receives power supplied from the battery pack in a ratio of a resistance value of the second resistor to a sum resistance value of the first resistor and the second resistor to perform an ON operation.

The present disclosure provides a hot-swap circuit and a control apparatus. The hot-swap circuit includes: a power input terminal, a power output terminal; a startup module electrically connected to the power input terminal and the power output terminal; a switch module electrically connected to the power input terminal, the power output terminal, and the startup module; a detection module electrically connected to the startup module, the switch module, and the power output terminal. When a surge signal is input at the power input terminal, a voltage value of a first control signal output by the detection module doesn't fall in a voltage value range of a preset first control signal, then the switch module is controlled to be turned off, so as to cut off a power signal input to the power output terminal, reducing probability of circuit damage, and reducing sparking phenomena of hot-swap power interfaces.

An electric assembly includes a bipolar switching device and a transistor circuit. The transistor circuit is electrically connected in parallel with the bipolar switching device and includes a normally-on wide bandgap transistor.