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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:
Dec. 27, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin M Ovens, Garland, TX (US);
Robert A Helmick, Allen, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
326 66 ; 326 21 ; 326110 ;
Abstract
In one aspect of the present invention, a converter is provided comprising a capacitive coupling arranged to receive said input signal to be converter, and a conversion circuitry coupled to the capacitive coupling to produce the converted output signal. A biasing circuit is further arranged to facilitate a fast transition in the converted output signal in response to an active transition in the input signal.