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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dennis Conway Reedy, Stormville, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ; H03K / ; H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307215 ; 3072 / ; 307213 ; 3072 / ; 3073 / ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a transistor-transistor-logic (TTL) circuit which is testable by D. C. Testing Techniques. The improvement includes a high impedance network for providing sufficient base drive to drive the output transistor into conduction when the malfunctioning input transistor fails to provide a turn-off logic level. The high impedance network can be a Schottky barrier diode and an epitaxial resistor connected in a series path between a potential supply and the base region of the output transistor.