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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2011
Applicants:
Ravindra M. Kapre, San Jose, CA (US);
Shahin Sharifzadeh, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ravindra M. Kapre, San Jose, CA (US);
Shahin Sharifzadeh, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An embodiment includes configuring a current-limiting device to place along a power-supply bus to limit current through a first complimentary-metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) circuit coupled to the power-supply bus so that current does not exceed a trigger current level of a pnpn diode in a second CMOS circuit coupled to the power bus.