Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Gating – Parallel controlled paths
Reexamination Certificate
2005-06-28
2005-06-28
Callahan, Timothy P. (Department: 2816)
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Gating
Parallel controlled paths
C327S387000, C327S388000, C327S333000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06911860
ABSTRACT:
A switch circuit selectively provides a reference voltage, needed in some I/O standards, to a logic device. The circuit receives a dedicated power supply that is different from the device's I/O supply. It may also include a level shifting circuit for converting a master control signal having a logic level determined by a first supply to a first control signal having a logic level determined by the dedicated supply. The switch circuit also includes a transmission switch that passes the reference voltage to an output in response to at least the first control signal. The transmission switch may be a CMOS transmission gate with at least one NMOS transistor controlled by the first control signal in parallel with at least one PMOS transistor controlled by a second control signal, complementary to the first. The second control signal may be generated by another level shifting circuit and have a logic level determined by the I/O supply.
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Chang Tzung-Chin
Chong Yan
Huang Joseph
Kim In Whan
Nguyen Khai
Altera Corporation
Callahan Timothy P.
Luu An T.
Morgan & Lewis & Bockius, LLP
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