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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:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Triquint Semiconductor, Inc., Hillsboro, OR (US);
Inventor:
George Nohra, Marlborough, MA (US);
Assignee:
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc., Hillsboro, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/30 (2006.01); H03K 17/16 (2006.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/162 (2013.01); H03K 17/6872 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments include an apparatus, system, and method related to a switching circuit. In some embodiments, the switching circuit may include first switch including an n-channel field effect transistor (FET) in the signal path. The switching circuit may further include a second switch in shunt to the first switch. The second switch may include a discharge transistor to provide a discharge path for a body of a switch transistor. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.