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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yefim Vayl, Carmel, IN (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing S.A., Boulogne, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/900 ;
Abstract
In an electronic circuit and/or component, such as a television, that requires a tri-state condition when the electronic circuit/component is powered up, a tri-state circuit may be employed. The present tri-state circuit includes a control circuit operably coupled to an enable input of a tri-state buffer. During power-up of the electronic circuit, the control circuitry is operable to prevent data from passing from an input of the tri-state buffer to an output of the tri-state buffer until a predetermined time period wherein the control circuitry is operable to allow data to pass from the input to the output of the tri-state buffer.