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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/0185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/018521 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example apparatus includes: an output terminal, pull-down circuitry coupled to the output terminal, the pull-down circuitry including: a resistor with a first resistor terminal and a second resistor terminal, the first resistor terminal coupled to the output terminal, a capacitor with a first capacitor terminal and a second capacitor terminal, the first capacitor terminal coupled to the output terminal, a first transistor coupled to the second resistor terminal, a second transistor coupled to the first transistor and the second resistor terminal, and a third transistor coupled to the second transistor.