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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2006
Peter Rebholz-goldmann, Neuenstadt, DE;
Peter Rebholz-Goldmann, Neuenstadt, DE;
Atmel Germany GmbH, Heilbronn, DE;
Abstract
An integrated circuit is disclosed that includes a MOS output stage transistor, a gate terminal for applying a drive signal, which controls the turning on and off of the output stage transistor, a charge transistor, which when the output stage transistor is turned on supplies a gate electrode of the output stage transistor with a charging current, and a discharge transistor, which when the output stage transistor is turned off supplies the gate electrode of the output stage transistor with a discharge current. Also, a turn-off control unit is disclosed, which when the output stage transistor is turned off supplies the gate electrode with an additional discharge current during a second time interval and turns off the additional discharge current after the second time interval.