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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Sébastien Rieubon, Moirans, FR;
Serge Ramet, Grenoble, FR;
Philippe Level, Saint-Egreve, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.A., Montrouge, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/086 (2006.01); H03K 19/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic circuit includes at least one differential pair of transistors, a control transistor switch, a first current source and a second current source. The second current source is connected to a common emitter node of the pair of transistors in order to accelerate the discharge of parasitic capacitances during a switching operation.