Abstract: A high-side driver-circuit involves a charge-pump for driving a high-side transistor. The circuit includes a high-side transistor, a low-side transistor or unidirectional conducting-device, a bootstrap-capacitor, and a trickle-charge-pump connected between the output-node and ground. The trickle-charge-pump activates when the voltage at the output-node exceeds the voltage at the low-voltage power-supply-node, alternately charging a trickle-capacitor and transferring charge to the bootstrap-capacitor. This enables continuous replenishment of the bootstrap-capacitor, allowing for extended or indefinite high-side conduction periods, including 100% duty-cycle operation. The trickle-charge-pump incorporates an auto-on/auto-off functionality, synchronizing operation with the output-node-voltage.

Abstract: A circuit with galvanic isolation includes a series of n cascaded transformers including a first transformer and a last transformer in the series. A transmitter is coupled to the primary winding of the first transformer in the series of cascaded transformers, the transmitter being configured for supplying to the primary winding a transmission signal as a function of an input signal. A receiver is coupled to the secondary winding of the last transformer of the series of cascaded transformers and is configured for receiving at the secondary winding a reception signal transmitted over the series of cascaded transformers. A predistortion module is configured for applying to the transmission signal a predistortion including an (n?1)-fold integration, where n is the number of cascaded transformers, of a transmission signal that would be supplied to the input of a sole transformer present in a single-transformer solution.

Abstract: A circuit with galvanic isolation includes a series of n cascaded transformers including a first transformer and a last transformer in the series. A transmitter is coupled to the primary winding of the first transformer in the series of cascaded transformers, the transmitter being configured for supplying to the primary winding a transmission signal as a function of an input signal. A receiver is coupled to the secondary winding of the last transformer of the series of cascaded transformers and is configured for receiving at the secondary winding a reception signal transmitted over the series of cascaded transformers. A predistortion module is configured for applying to the transmission signal a predistortion including an (n?1)-fold integration, where n is the number of cascaded transformers, of a transmission signal that would be supplied to the input of a sole transformer present in a single-transformer solution.