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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:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kirit B Patel, Dallas, TX (US);
G R Rao, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cirrus Logic, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
327126 ; 327334 ; 327530 ;
Abstract
A step generator 800 including at least one gate 805 and a voltage divider 806 coupled to an output of gate 805. The selected node of voltage divider 806 provides an output V.sub.OUT of generator 800. Circuitry 801 presents a signal to an input of gate 805 to initiate current flow through voltage divider 806.