2019-02-262019-02-262016-12-27http://hdl.handle.net/10919/87857Aspects of the disclosure provide a circuit for driving a power switch. The circuit includes a first circuit configured to provide a charging current to charge a control terminal of the power switch, a second circuit configured to provide a discharging current to discharge the control terminal of the power switch, and a control circuit configured to provide control signals to the first circuit and the second circuit to activate/deactivate the first circuit and the second circuit. At least one of the charging current and the discharging current ramps from a first level to a second level at a rate.application/pdfenPatenthttp://pimg-fpiw.uspto.gov/fdd/78/313/095/0.pdf14845081G05F3/24H03K17/687H03K17/1639531378