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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2010
Pieter Gustaaf Nierop, Nijmegen, NL;
Clemens Gerhardus Johannes DE Haas, Ewijk, NL;
Luc Van Dijk, Kranenburg, DE;
Pieter Gustaaf Nierop, Nijmegen, NL;
Clemens Gerhardus Johannes de Haas, Ewijk, NL;
Luc Van Dijk, Kranenburg, DE;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An output driver circuit is provided. In accordance with various example embodiments, an output driver circuit includes a high-side driver circuit having transistors coupled in anti-series between a power source and an output node, and a low-side driver circuit having transistors coupled in anti-series between the output node and ground. For each transistor, a diode is connected between the source and drain of the transistor, with the diodes of the respective high-side and low-side circuits being arranged to prevent/mitigate the flow of current in opposite directions.