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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Hao-Jie Zhan, Hsinchu, TW;
Tsung-Hsin Yu, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 11/24 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); H03K 3/356 (2006.01); H03K 19/0185 (2006.01); G05F 3/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); G05F 3/26 (2013.01); G06F 1/3296 (2013.01); H03K 3/356104 (2013.01); H03K 19/018521 (2013.01);
Abstract
A circuit includes a supply voltage node having a supply voltage value and a node having a node voltage, the node voltage having a node voltage value higher than the supply voltage value. A current generating circuit is coupled between the supply voltage node and the node and is configured to generate a current, and a tracking circuit electrically coupled to the node is configured to selectively supply the current to the node based on the node voltage.