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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
May. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony David Chan, Saratoga, CA (US);
Anthony Gerard Russell, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
California Micro Devices Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 9/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 9/06 ;
Abstract
A voltage source switching circuit having switches capable of switching between different voltage sources with reduced voltage drop levels is disclosed. A selected one of the different voltage levels is output to a peripheral circuit or supplied to internal circuitry. In one embodiment, the switches are FET devices.