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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Dominicus Marinus Roozeboom, Milpitas, CA (US);
Sharad Murari, Tempe, AZ (US);
Harold Garth Hanson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 25/00 (2006.01); H03K 19/0175 (2006.01); H03M 1/36 (2006.01); H03K 5/24 (2006.01); H03K 19/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/017581 (2013.01); H03K 5/24 (2013.01); H03K 19/173 (2013.01); H03M 1/365 (2013.01);
Abstract
A state-detection circuit facilitates the detection of the state of an input pin relative to several different types of input circuits. According to an example embodiment, a state-detection circuit includes a plurality of comparators and circuit components, configured to provide a plurality of binary output signals that collectively indicate a state of an input pin to which the comparators are coupled. The state-detection circuit is configured to facilitate the detection of several different types of input circuits, based upon the binary output signals.