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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 1984
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert S Sleeth, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Dennis M Monticelli, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
330296 ; 330288 ;
Abstract
An integrated circuit buffer inverter is created by cascading an emitter follower stage with a common emitter stage. Both stages include constant collector current loads. The emitter follower stage is adaptively biased from a current mirror that is driven from the collector of the emitter follower for the purpose of maximizing bipolar drive to the common emitter stage.