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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Qing He, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/42 ;
Abstract
All integrated circuits (ICs) require a power supply having a potential difference for use in powering internal integrated circuit components to ensure their operation. In some cases it is possible to inadvertently reverse the bias of the applied potential difference, resulting in damage to the IC. For propagating large currents big pass transistors are used within the circuit. Reverse bias protection for these ICs is achieved by utilizing either a protection transistor in parallel with the big pass transistor, or a diode within the big pass transistor for protecting both analog and digital ICs.