An implantable medical device (IMD) includes one or more semiconductor
switches and one or more switch driver circuits. The semiconductor
switches, in response to one or more switch-on and switch-off commands
that each have a voltage magnitude, switch between a conductive state and
a non-conductive state, respectively, to thereby selectively supply one
or more therapy pulses using electrical energy from an electrical energy
source. The switch driver circuits, in response to drive commands,
selectively supply the switch-on and switch-off commands to the
semiconductor switches. The switch driver circuits, using a portion of
the supplied therapy pulses, increase the voltage magnitudes of the
switch-on and switch-off commands to a magnitude that maintains the
switch in the conductive state or the non-conductive state, respectively,
while the therapy pulses are being supplied.