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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gene B. Hinterscher, McKinney, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 2/100 ;
Abstract
The edge rate controller circuit includes: a first transistor coupled to an output control node; a second transistor coupled to the output control node; an edge rate control driver; a third transistor coupled to the first transistor; a fourth transistor coupled in parallel with the third transistor, the fourth transistor having a control node coupled to the edge rate control driver; a fifth transistor coupled to the second transistor; and a sixth transistor coupled in parallel with the fifth transistor, the sixth transistor having a control node coupled to the edge rate control driver.