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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 1986
Filed:
Jan. 05, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert J Proebsting, Argyle, TX (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Components - Mostek Corporation, Carrollton, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307578 ; 3072 / ; 307450 ; 307482 ; 307304 ;
Abstract
A sub-circuit for discharging a relatively high voltage node in an integrated circuit includes an enhancement transistor connected between ground and an intermediate node and a depletion transistor connected between the intermediate node and the high voltage node, both of the transistors having the same gate voltage.