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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 1989

Filed:

Jul. 17, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:

Timothy G O'Shaughnessy, Norco, CA (US);

Richard W Hull, Laguna Hills, CA (US);

Assignee:

Western Digital Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ; H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307290 ; 307279 ; 307359 ; 307360 ; 307363 ;
Abstract

A Schmitt trigger circuit with independently biased threshold sections includes a drive disabling switch for blocking one of the threshold sections from driving a logic node toward a predetermined logic state. The drive disabling switch is selectively operated so that unidirectional sensitivity to the crossing of a threshold level belonging to its corresponding one threshold section is obtained.


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