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Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020

Filed:

May. 10, 2018
Applicant:

Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventors:

Kemal Safak Demirci, Dallas, TX (US);

Shanmuganand Chellamuthu, Richardson, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/082 (2006.01); H03K 19/003 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/0822 (2013.01); H03K 19/00315 (2013.01);
Abstract

A protection device includes a dynamic gate bias circuit and an input pass switch. The dynamic gate bias circuit comprises an input pass switch configured to receive a first input and a first control signal; a voltage level shifter coupled to the input pass switch; a current mirror coupled to the voltage level shifter at a first node; a regulator coupled to the current mirror at a second node; and a transistor coupled to the first node, wherein the transistor is configured to receive a second control signal from the first node and to receive the first input.


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