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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2023
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Athanasios Ramkaj, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael H. Perrott, Nashua, NH (US);
Baher S. Haroun, Allen, TX (US);
Boris Murmann, Honolulu, HI (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/0185 (2006.01); H03K 3/356 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/018521 (2013.01); H03K 3/356113 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes: buffer circuitry having a buffer input and a buffer output; a transistor coupled between the buffer output and a current terminal, the transistor having a control terminal; and level shifter circuitry having a level shifter input and a level shifter output, the level shifter input coupled to the buffer input, and the level shifter output coupled to the control terminal.