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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
May. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
James M. Devine, Blairstown, NJ (US);
Daniel M. Kuster, Annandale, NJ (US);
Peter J. Massa, Leonia, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/20 ;
Abstract
In a CMOS integrated circuit card configuration operating upon a received data input stream and having a common power buss for the individual integrated circuits thereof, the invention comprises the connection of a power pin of all such individual integrated circuits directly to the power buss, except for the integrated circuit to which the data input stream is applied, wherein a diode of predetermined forward voltage drop is employed—having its anode connected to the power buss and its cathode connected to its associated power pin.