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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2003
Vadim V. Ivanov, Tuscon, AZ (US);
Shoubao Yan, Tucson, AZ (US);
Walter B. Meinel, Tuscon, AZ (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A CMOS circuit including a P-channel pull-up transistor (MP) and an N-channel pull-down transistor (MN) includes a first feedback circuit () producing a first delayed signal (V) on the gate of the pull-down transistor (MN) to turn on the pull-down transistor (MN) a first predetermined amount of time after the pull-up transistor (MP) is turned completely off so as to prevent any shoot-through current from flowing through the pull-up transistor (MP) and the pull-down transistor (MN) and a second feedback circuit () producing a second delayed signal (V) on the gate of the pull-up transistor (MP) to turn on the pull-up transistor (MP) a second predetermined amount of time after the pull-down transistor (MN) is turned completely off so as to prevent any shoot-through current from flowing through the pull-up transistor (MP) and the pull-down transistor (MN).