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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device is disclosed that includes an output device and a detection circuit. The output device is coupled to an output pad, and is turned on according to a protection signal. The detection circuit is configured to detect a voltage level of a control node, to generate the protection signal based on the detected voltage level, and to switch the voltage level to a predetermined voltage level according to the detected voltage level.