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Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2018
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;

Inventors:

Chia-Chen Kuo, Hsin-Chu, TW;

Chiting Cheng, Taichung, TW;

Wei-Jer Hsieh, Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/165 (2006.01); G01R 19/04 (2006.01); H03K 19/0944 (2006.01); H03K 19/00 (2006.01); G01R 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/16519 (2013.01); G01R 19/0038 (2013.01); G01R 19/04 (2013.01); H03K 19/0013 (2013.01); H03K 19/0944 (2013.01);
Abstract

A voltage selection circuit includes: a power detection circuit configured to compare an output voltage with a first input voltage and a second input voltage, respectively; a latch circuit, coupled to the power detection circuit, and configured to flip respective logic states of a pair of output signals when the output voltage is lower than either the first input voltage or the second input voltage; and a selection circuit, coupled to the latch circuit, and configured to use either the first input voltage or the second input voltage as the output voltage based on the respective logic states of the pair of output signals.


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