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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2011
Applicant:
Puneet Sareen, Freising, DE;
Inventor:
Puneet Sareen, Freising, DE;
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH, Freising, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/36 (2006.01); H03L 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A buffer is provided. The buffer includes a buffering stage that receives an enable signal and an input signal and that provides an output signal and a bandgap stage that is coupled to the buffering stage and that is activated and deactivated by the enable signal. In particular, the buffering stage includes a buffering substage that includes a buffering transistor that is coupled to the input stage, wherein the buffering transistor is formed on a substrate, and wherein the buffering transistor has a channel with a doping concentration that is approximately the same as the substrate.