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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey W. Waldrip, Austin, TX (US);
Muthukumar Nagarajan, Starkville, MS (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corp., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/90175 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/90175 ;
Abstract
An apparatus comprising one or more input/output circuits that may be configured as (i) high voltage tolerant in response to a first state of a control input and (ii) a clamp to a power supply voltage in response to a second state of said control input.