Overvoltage clamp circuit

Details Overvoltage clamp circuit Overvoltage clamp circuit

2006-01-10

2006-01-10

Ton, My-Trang Nu (Department: 2816)

Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and

Signal converting, shaping, or generating

Amplitude control

Reexamination Certificate

active

06985019

ABSTRACT:
A selectively enabled clamp circuit for limiting voltage overshoot on an input/output (I/O) pin of an associated integrated circuit (IC) device includes a single discharge transistor and a select circuit. The single discharge transistor is connected between the I/O pin and ground potential, and the select circuit is coupled to the I/O pin and includes an input to receive an enable signal and an output coupled to a gate of the signal discharge transistor. For some embodiments, the select circuit includes a level shifter circuit and a voltage detection circuit.

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patent: 6078487 (2000-06-01), Partovi et al.
patent: 6865116 (2005-03-01), Kim et al.
patent: 6897703 (2005-05-01), Hunt

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