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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2008
Adam L. Ghozeil, Corvallis, OR (US);
Andrew Phillips, Corvallis, OR (US);
David Maxfield, Philomath, OR (US);
Eugene J. Mar, Corvallis, OR (US);
Matthew P. Heineck, Corvallis, OR (US);
Mark H. Mackenzie, Brush Prairie, WA (US);
Adam L. Ghozeil, Corvallis, OR (US);
Andrew Phillips, Corvallis, OR (US);
David Maxfield, Philomath, OR (US);
Eugene J. Mar, Corvallis, OR (US);
Matthew P. Heineck, Corvallis, OR (US);
Mark H. MacKenzie, Brush Prairie, WA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system is provided that includes first means for pre-charging a node to a first potential where the node coupled to a switch configured to control current through a firing resistor and second means for selectively discharging the node to a second potential across a path that has only one transistor between the node and the second potential.