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Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2018
Applicant:

Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventors:

Jae Won Choi, Dallas, TX (US);

Sungho Beck, Plano, TX (US);

Richard Turkson, Princeton, TX (US);

Johnny Klarenbeek, Dallas, TX (US);

Bixia Li, Plano, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/14 (2006.01); H03K 17/00 (2006.01); H03K 5/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/002 (2013.01); H03K 5/24 (2013.01); H03K 2217/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract

Channel switchover power multiplexer circuits, and methods of operating the same are disclosed. An example power multiplexer a first transistor coupled to a first input, a second transistor coupled to the first transistor to couple a first voltage at the first input to an output, a third transistor coupled to a second input, a fourth transistor coupled to the third transistor to couple a second voltage at the second input to the output, a diode amplifier to provide a third voltage to a gate of the first transistor to block a reverse current, and a soft-start amplifier to provide a fourth voltage to a gate of the fourth transistor to turn on (with adjustable VOUT ramp rate) the fourth transistor with a constant ramp rate.


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