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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2017
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Vishnu Ravinuthula, Allen, TX (US);
Simon Bevan Churchill, Whitchurch, GB;
Mark Allen Hamlett, Richardson, TX (US);
Eric Rudeen, Denver, CO (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A voltage protection circuit, comprising a first metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) having a gate terminal coupled to a first node, a source terminal coupled to a second node, and a drain terminal coupled to a third node, a second MOSFET having a gate terminal coupled to the first node, a source terminal coupled to the second node, and a drain terminal coupled to a fourth node, a first current mirror coupled to the third node and configured to couple to a fifth node, a sixth node, and a regulator supply, and a second current mirror coupled to the fourth node, and configured to couple to the fifth node, the sixth node, and a ground node.