Driver circuit

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1996-03-20

1998-05-05

Callahan, Timothy P.

Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and

Signal converting, shaping, or generating

Current driver

327387, 327391, 327534, 326 31, 326 34, 326 27, H03K 19003, H03K 190185

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057480168

ABSTRACT:
A driver circuit comprising (i) a pair of complementary MOS (CMOS) transistors connected in series and receiving an identical input signal, and (ii) a pair of control transistors changing a threshold voltage state of each of the pair of CMOS transistors by applying a plurality of voltages to a body terminal of each of the pair of CMOS transistors depending upon the ON/OFF state of each of the pair of CMOS transistors. Such a driver circuit is capable of reconciling a high-speed operation with a low power consumption under low power supply voltage conditions.

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