High voltage tolerant and compliant driver circuit

Details High voltage tolerant and compliant driver circuit High voltage tolerant and compliant driver circuit

1998-05-26

2000-09-12

Tokar, Michael

Electronic digital logic circuitry

Tri-state

With field-effect transistor

326 58, 326 57, 326 80, 326 81, 326 83, 326 86, 326 87, 326121, H03K 1902, H03K 190175

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061183016

ABSTRACT:
An input/output driver circuit which provides a buffer interface between a functional digital circuit and a common bus for other digital circuits achieves high levels of voltage tolerance and compliance, while requiring only two power supply pins, by using two PMOS switching transistors between the circuit's output line and an output power supply terminal, rather than only one. To turn the transistors OFF, the output power supply voltage is applied to the gate of one of them and the output line voltage to the gate of the other. This assures that at least one of the transistors is fully OFF when desired, whether or not the output line voltage exceeds the output power supply level.

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