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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Adam L. Shook, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/003 (2006.01); G05F 3/16 (2006.01); H03K 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/00361 (2013.01); G05F 3/16 (2013.01); H03K 5/12 (2013.01); H03K 19/00384 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus, comprising a load; an output FET having a drain coupled to the load; a first and second of a pair strong FETs, wherein: a) a source of the first of the pair of the strong FETs is coupled to the load; b) a drain of the first pair of the strong FETs is coupled to the source of the second of the of the pair of the strong FETs; the drain of the second pair of the strong FETs is coupled to a gate of the output FET; and a fixed current mirror is coupled to the gate of the first of the pair of the strong FETs.