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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2001
Barry B. Heim, Mesa, AZ (US);
Daryl G. Roberts, Chandler, AZ (US);
Semiconductor Components Industries LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
In a switching circuit, a first electrical element ( ) is disabled before a second electrical element ( ) is enabled. The switching operation is called break before make and ensures that disabling operation of a first electrical element occurs before enabling operation of a second electrical element. The assurance is in the form of a disable signal being detected from a first electrical element at an input of a first detection circuit ( ). Correspondingly, the detected disable signal of the first electrical element enables operation of the second electrical element. Alternatively, a detected disable from the second electrical element at the input of the second detection circuit ( ) enables operation of the first electrical element.