Patent 11569726 was granted and assigned to Texas Instruments on January, 2023 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A hybrid gate driver circuit includes a field effect transistor (FET) drive terminal, a switching node terminal, a transistor, and a capacitor. The transistor includes a first terminal coupled to the FET drive terminal, and a second terminal coupled to ground. The capacitor includes a first terminal coupled to the switching node terminal, and a second terminal coupled to a third terminal of the transistor.