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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2003
Applicants:
Visvesvaraya A. Pentakota, Bangalore, IN;
Vineet Mishra, Bangalore, IN;
Shakti Shankar Rath, Bangalore, IN;
Gautam Salil Nandi, Bangalore, IN;
Inventors:
Visvesvaraya A. Pentakota, Bangalore, IN;
Vineet Mishra, Bangalore, IN;
Shakti Shankar Rath, Bangalore, IN;
Gautam Salil Nandi, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/08 (2006.01); H03L 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A clamping circuit containing a transistor and a current amplifier. The transistor is designed to turn on when the voltage at a node exceeds (falls below) a specified upper (lower) level. The current amplifier is designed to draw substantial amount of current when the transistor is turned on to clamp the voltage at the node to the desired level.