Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Signal converting – shaping – or generating – Synchronizing
Patent
1999-03-22
2000-12-12
Zweizig, Jeffrey
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Signal converting, shaping, or generating
Synchronizing
327 77, H03L 700
Patent
active
061604305
ABSTRACT:
A powerup sequencing circuit and method generates an artificial supply voltage until the actual supply voltage is at a suitable level. An artificial supply source, such as a pull up circuit, is coupled to a node that receives a first supply voltage, such as an I/O buffer voltage. The pull up circuit is also coupled to an isolatable source voltage node. The isolatable source voltage node is the node that causes the actual second supply voltage. A temporary isolation circuit is operatively coupled to the pull up circuit and is operatively interposed between the node that receives the first supply voltage and the isolatable source voltage node. The pull up circuit provides a temporary or artificial second supply voltage level to an on chip circuit, such as an I/O buffer circuit or other suitable circuit that may, for example, be multi-voltage supply dependent. The temporary supply voltage is provided to the on chip circuit during powerup and the temporary isolation circuit operatively isolates the isolatable source voltage node until the second supply voltage reaches a suitable level and turns off the temporary isolation circuit.
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Drapkin Oleg
Temkine Grigori
ATI International SRL
Zweizig Jeffrey
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