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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2024
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abhinav Murali, Bangalore, IN;
Pradeep Kumar Sana, Bangalore, IN;
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, including: an input node; a bias receiver; and a protection device, a gate of the protection device coupled to the bias receiver, the bias receiver tied to a lower voltage domain level, a first source or drain of the protection device coupled to the input node to receive a current from an analog node or a higher voltage domain level from the analog node and a second drain or source of the protection device coupled to a current output node, when the current is received through the input node to the protection device and the lower voltage domain level is in a non-collapse mode, configured to pass the current through the protection device to the current output node.