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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2016
Applicant:
Macom Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc., Lowell, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc., Lowell, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/74 (2013.01); H03K 2217/0036 (2013.01);
Abstract
A switching circuit includes a first diode coupled between a first terminal and a second terminal, a second diode coupled between the first terminal and a third terminal, and a bias circuit coupled to the first terminal and configured to bias the first diode on and the second diode off in a first switch state and to bias the first diode off and the second diode on in a second switch state, the bias circuit including a voltage converter configured to convert a fixed voltage to an intermediate voltage and a current source coupled in series with the voltage converter.