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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Perlegos, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Phillip J Salsbury, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ; H03K / ; H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307270 ; 307205 ; 307304 ; 307D / ; 307D / ;
Abstract
An MOS buffer circuit which may be employed as part of a electrically programmable read-only memory or other MOS integrated circuit is described. The buffer may be 'powered down' when the memory is in a standby mode. Low threshold (zero threshold) voltage devices are employed in the circuit along with depletion mode transistors and enhancement mode transistors in a manner which permits the buffer to be readily powered down.