Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Overvoltage protection circuit
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Application No.: US16536825Application Date: 2019-08-09
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Publication No.: US11177650B2Publication Date: 2021-11-16
- Inventor: Karthikeyan Krishnamourthy , Viola Schaffer , Karim Thomas Taghizadeh Kaschani
- Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent John R. Pessetto; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: H02H9/04
- IPC: H02H9/04 ; H03F1/52 ; H02H9/00 ; H02H3/14 ; H03F3/16 ; H02H3/22 ; H02H3/20

Abstract:
An overvoltage protection circuit includes an input terminal, an output terminal, a clamp transistor, and a selector circuit. The clamp transistor is configured to control current flow between the input terminal and the output terminal. The clamp transistor includes a first terminal coupled to the input terminal, a second terminal coupled to the output terminal. The selector circuit is configured to control a resistance of the clamp transistor based on a voltage at the input terminal. The selector circuit includes a first terminal coupled to the first terminal of the clamp transistor, a second terminal coupled to the second terminal of the clamp transistor, and a third terminal coupled to a third terminal of the clamp transistor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210044105A1 OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2021-02-11
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