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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:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nathan T. Rider, Groton, MA (US);
James C. Spurlin, Sherman, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 1/00 ;
Abstract
The output edge control circuit includes: a high side transistor,coupled to an output node,; a first low side transistor,coupled to the output node,; a second low side transistor,coupled in parallel with the first low side transistor,; a coupling transistor,coupled between the output node,and a control node of the second low side transistor,; a transmission gate,coupled between a control node of the first low side transistor,and a control node of the coupling transistor,; and feedback circuitry,coupled between the output node,and the transmission gate,for controlling the transmission gate