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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Sundeep Lakshmana Javvaji, Addanki, IN;
Vinod Joseph Menezes, Bangalore, IN;
Jayateerth Pandurang Mathad, Bengaluru, IN;
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/00 (2006.01); H03K 3/356 (2006.01); H03K 19/0185 (2006.01); H03K 19/0175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/356017 (2013.01); H03K 3/356113 (2013.01); H03K 19/017509 (2013.01); H03K 19/018507 (2013.01); H03K 19/018521 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an example, an apparatus includes a level-shifting circuit and a ramp detector. The level-shifting circuit has a current choke and a transistor coupled across the current choke, the level-shifting circuit adapted to be coupled to a first voltage source. The ramp detector has a ramp detector input adapted to be coupled to the first voltage source and a ramp detector output coupled to the transistor, the ramp detector adapted to be coupled to a second voltage source.