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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
May. 10, 2019
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Bhaskar Ramachandran, Coimbatore, IN;
Kushal D. Murthy, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/50 (2020.01); H03K 17/0814 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/50 (2020.01); H03K 17/08142 (2013.01); H03K 2217/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
In described examples, a circuit includes a first driver. The first driver is coupled to a first node, and the first node is coupled to an output pin. A second driver is coupled to a second node, and the second node is coupled to a first voltage terminal. A comparator is coupled to the first node and the second node. A sustaining driver is coupled to the comparator and provides a threshold current to each of the first node and the second node when a short is detected at the output pin.