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Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2013
Applicants:

Anis M. Jarrar, Austin, TX (US);

Stefano Pietri, Lakeway, TX (US);

Steven K. Watkins, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Anis M. Jarrar, Austin, TX (US);

Stefano Pietri, Lakeway, TX (US);

Steven K. Watkins, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 3/08 (2006.01); H03K 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/162 (2013.01);
Abstract

A body bias control circuit including an output coupled to provide a bias voltage to a body terminal. The body bias control circuit is configured to change the bias voltage from a first bias voltage to a second bias voltage over a period of time in which a magnitude of an effective rate of change of the bias voltage varies over the period of time. For voltages between the first and second bias voltages closer to a source voltage, the magnitude of the effective rate of change is smaller than for bias voltages between the first and second bias voltages further from the source voltage.


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