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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:
Aug. 08, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher M Graves, Sherman, TX (US);
Steven E Marum, Sherman, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
326 86 ; 326 21 ;
Abstract
A control circuit for a low-voltage bus switch where the control circuit keeps the bus switch open by stealing power from switch I/O terminals during the loss of supply voltage and thereby maintaining bus isolation. The control circuit also provides a good high level and presents a low switch impedance.