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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company LImited, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 35/00 (2006.01); H01H 83/00 (2006.01); H02H 7/16 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 7/16 (2013.01); G11C 5/141 (2013.01); Y10T 307/766 (2015.04);
Abstract
A method includes charging a capacitor connected to an input node, gradually decreasing an output voltage at an output node, and electrically connecting the input node to the output node. A circuit that performs the method is also disclosed. A system that includes the circuit is also disclosed.