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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2015
Applied Wireless Identifications Group, Inc., Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Liming Zhou, San Jose, CA (US);
Vadim Kikin, Spring Valley, NY (US);
Applied Wireless Identifications Group, Inc., Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Abstract
A logic inverter with over-current protection, according to one embodiment, includes: a transistor, an input signal line coupled to a gate terminal of the transistor or a base region of the transistor, an output signal line coupled to a drain terminal of the transistor or a collector region of the transistor, a power supply line coupled to the drain terminal of the transistor or a collector region of the transistor, a pull up resistor between a power supply and one of: the drain terminal of the transistor and the collector region of the transistor, and a feedback resistor between ground and one of: a source terminal of the transistor and an emitter region of the transistor. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described in additional embodiments.