Electrical transmission or interconnection systems – Nonlinear reactor systems – Parametrons
Patent
1990-02-15
1991-10-08
Miller, Stanley D.
Electrical transmission or interconnection systems
Nonlinear reactor systems
Parametrons
3072965, 307242, 307364, 307442, 328116, 328154, 361 86, H03K 500, H03K 1756, H03K 522, H03K 19007
Patent
active
050557050
ABSTRACT:
A novel voltage selection circuit in which only one of a plurality of voltage levels is selected for application to an output node at any given time. Switching transistors are connected between the output node and associated reference voltages. Switching transistors are controlled by a set of voltage selection signals, each having logical zero and logical one states which are of sufficient magnitude to cause said switching transistors to turn on or turn off, and which are insured to be nonoverlapping. Two of the voltages are ground and VCC, which are switched by associated transistors using voltage selection signals having standard levels, such as ground and VCC. Another voltage VPPP is greater than VCC, and is switched by a switching transistor utilizing a voltage selection signal greater than VCC, preferably equal to VPPP. The wells of the second and third switching transistors are connected in common to VPPP to prevent junction breakdown when VPPP is selected. A novel selection circuit is used to provide nonoverlapping voltage selection signals in response to a plurality of control signals indicative of which voltage supply is to be selected at any given time.
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Caserza Steven
Miller Stanley D.
National Semiconductor Corp.
Patch Lee
Phan Trong
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