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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nickole Gagne, Saco, ME (US);
Kenneth P. Snowdon, Falmouth, ME (US);
Assignee:
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
This document discusses, among other things, a control circuit, such as a translator circuit, configured to reduce voltage stress of first and second transistors when a first voltage received by the first transistor exceeds a voltage rating of at least one of the first or second transistors.