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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
May. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
LuVerne Ray Peterson, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas Bryan, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Jacob Schneider, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4093 (2006.01); H03F 3/50 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); H03K 19/003 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4093 (2013.01); H03F 3/505 (2013.01); G11C 7/1078 (2013.01); G11C 7/1084 (2013.01); H03F 2200/69 (2013.01); H03K 19/00315 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input receiver is provided with a pass transistor that is controlled to pass an input signal to an inverter only while a first binary state for the input signal equals a low voltage. The input receiver also includes a source follower transistor configured to pass a threshold-voltage-reduced version of the input signal while the first binary state of the input signal equals a high voltage greater than the low voltage.