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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Maria Braceras, Colchester, VT (US);
John Connor, Burlington, VT (US);
Donald Albert Evans, Williston, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361 56 ; 361 91 ; 361111 ;
Abstract
An off-chip receiver circuit for interfacing an integrated circuit of a 2.5 Volt CMOS technology to a 3.3 Volt LVTTL bus. The off-chip receiver includes protection circuitry for preventing overstressing of the gate oxide caused by undershoot/overshoot peaks of -1 volt to 6 volts on the input.