High voltage tolerant output buffer

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2008-07-01

2008-07-01

Le, Don (Department: 2819)

Electronic digital logic circuitry

Interface

Supply voltage level shifting

C326S083000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11615680

ABSTRACT:
A high voltage tolerant output buffer uses a substrate voltage control circuit to control the voltage at the substrate of the transistors in the output buffer. The circuitry of output buffer is such that the voltage between any two terminals of any of the transistors is not allowed to exceed the supply voltage of the output buffer. At the same time, the voltage at the source or drain of transistors of output buffer is not allowed to increase beyond its substrate voltage. The proposed circuit for output buffer can tolerate voltages higher than the voltage at which it is operated. The novel circuitry uses less hardware and prevents power dissipation in the circuit.

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patent: 6150843 (2000-11-01), Shiffer et al.
patent: 6310492 (2001-10-01), Ikoma et al.
patent: 6577163 (2003-06-01), Waldrip et al.
patent: 6768339 (2004-07-01), Von Thun et al.

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