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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:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jeffrey Hubert Sloan, Burlington, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/22 ;
Abstract
The invention comprises an input/output circuit of an integrated circuit chip that includes a pad, a protection circuit connected to the pad, and an up-shift circuit connected to the pad and the protection circuit. The up-shift circuit provides a DC bias voltage to signals received by the pad to protect the protection circuit. With the invention, the protection circuit includes only single gate-oxide devices.
Sloan, Jeffrey. (2002). Input/output circuit having up-shifting circuitry for accommodating different voltage signals (U.S. Patent No. 6353524). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6353524
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