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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael E Wright, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307315 ; 307300 ; 307549 ; 307255 ;
Abstract
A Darlington output stage is shown in which the saturation voltage is reduced to the level of a single common emitter output transistor. The circuit includes a lateral feed-forward transistor that bridges the driver transistor. A resistor is included to ensure that the driver transistor is turned off when the output transistor saturates. An IC version of the circuit is set forth in detail.