Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Signal converting – shaping – or generating – Current driver
Patent
1994-06-03
1999-07-27
Callahan, Timothy P.
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Signal converting, shaping, or generating
Current driver
327432, 327536, H03B 100
Patent
active
059296666
ABSTRACT:
Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a bootstrap circuit comprises a pair of drivers coupled together so as to form a bootstrap node and a bipolar transistor coupled to the bootstrap node. A method of using a bipolar transistor in such a bootstrap circuit comprises the step of applying a voltage signal to the input ports of the drivers, the voltage signal having a magnitude sufficient to activate the bipolar transistor.
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Callahan Timothy P.
Kim Jung Ho
Lucent Technologies - Inc.
Smith David L.
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