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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:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Gerhard Schrom, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Peter Hazucha, Beaverton, OR (US);
Vivek K. De, Portland, OR (US);
Tanay Karnik, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/5383 (2007.01); H02M 3/155 (2006.01); G01R 19/00 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/155 (2013.01); G01R 19/0092 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0009 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is described comprising conducting a first current through a switching transistor. The method also comprises conducting a second current through a pair of transistors whose conductive channels are coupled in series with respect to each other and are together coupled in parallel across the switching transistor's conductive channel. The second current is less than and proportional to the first current.