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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Nxp Usa, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Srikanth Jagannathan, Austin, TX (US);
Kumar Abhishek, Bee Cave, TX (US);
Assignee:
NXP USA, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/2879 (2013.01); G01R 31/2856 (2013.01); H03K 17/6871 (2013.01);
Abstract
A current leg located in a voltage domain where the current leg includes a transistor of a current mirror having a maximum voltage rating of less than the voltage of the voltage domain. The current leg includes a resistive element circuit to provide a first resistance during a normal mode of operation of the current leg and a different resistance during of a stress test of the transistor in a test mode of the circuit.