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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2010
Chan-hong Chern, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Fu-lung Hsueh, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Ming-chieh Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
Bryan Sheffield, Austin, TX (US);
Chih-chang Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Chan-Hong Chern, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Fu-Lung Hsueh, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Ming-Chieh Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
Bryan Sheffield, Austin, TX (US);
Chih-Chang Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A circuit includes an operational PMOS transistor of a logic gate driver. A control circuit is configured to turn off the operational PMOS transistor during a standby mode. The circuit also includes a sacrificial PMOS transistor coupled to an output node. The operational PMOS transistor is coupled to the output node. The sacrificial PMOS transistor is configured to keep the output node at a logical 1 during the standby mode.