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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Chan-Hong Chern, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tsung-Ching Huang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chih-Chang Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Ming-Chieh Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
Fu-Lung Hsueh, Kaohsiung, TW;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/13 (2014.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01); H03K 19/0185 (2006.01); H03K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/687 (2013.01); H03K 5/13 (2013.01); H03K 19/018521 (2013.01); H03K 2005/00013 (2013.01);
Abstract
A circuit includes a first power node, a second power node, an output node, a plurality of first transistors and a plurality of second transistors. The plurality of first transistors is serially coupled between the first power node and the output node. The plurality of second transistors is serially coupled between the second power node and the output node.