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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:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2007
Applicants:
Michael Priel, Hertzelia, IL;
Dan Kuzman, Givat Shmuel, IL;
Eitan Zmora, Jerusalem, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/0175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for sharing charge between IO circuits, the method includes providing an integrated circuit that comprises multiple IO circuits, each comprising an IO pad. The method is characterized by including: determining to share a charge between multiple IO circuits; and sharing charge between the multiple IO circuits by coupling the multiple IO circuits to a shared circuit that is characterized by a state that reflects multiple iterations of sharing charge operations.