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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2012
Applicants:
Sandro Rossi, Pavia, IT;
Davide Ugo Ghisu, Milan, IT;
Antonio Ricciardo, Vigevano, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A clamping circuit includes a clamping core connected to an output terminal and having a central node connected to a voltage reference and at least one first and one second clamp transistor, connected to the central node and having respective control terminals, the clamping core being also connected at the input to a low voltage input driver block. The clamping core includes a first switching off transistor connected to the output terminal and to the first clamp transistor, as well as a second switching off transistor connected to the output terminal and to the second clamp transistor.