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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2008
Applicant:
Anton Koch, Elztal-Auerbach, DE;
Inventor:
Anton Koch, Elztal-Auerbach, DE;
Assignee:
Atmel Automotive GmbH, Heilbronn, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 16/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated circuit is provided having at least one terminal for coupling and/or decoupling of electric signals, particularly of digital signals, and having integrated reference potential means, assigned to the terminal, for providing an electric reference potential to the terminal. It is provided according to an embodiment of the invention that the reference potential means is switchable, particularly by an override process.