Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Switchable diode devices having transistors in series
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Application No.: US17411838Application Date: 2021-08-25
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Publication No.: US11509305B2Publication Date: 2022-11-22
- Inventor: Nicolas Froidevaux , Laurent Lopez
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
- Applicant Address: FR Rousset
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
- Current Assignee Address: FR Rousset
- Agency: Slater Matsil, LLP
- Priority: FR1904484 20190426
- Main IPC: H03K17/687
- IPC: H03K17/687 ; H03K17/30

Abstract:
An electronic chip includes a chip core including an input terminal, an output terminal, an external pad, and an input-output circuit coupled to the chip core and the external pad. The input-output circuit includes an enable terminal coupled to the chip core, a connection terminal coupled to the external pad, a switchable diode device coupled between a supply voltage and a reference voltage, and a levelling circuit. The switchable diode device is coupled to the connection terminal and the enable terminal and is configured to operate as a diode in response to a control signal in a first state applied to the enable terminal and to operate as an open circuit in response to the control signal in a second state applied to the enable terminal. The levelling circuit is coupled to the connection terminal, the input terminal of the chip core, and the output terminal of the chip core.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210384903A1 SWITCHABLE DIODE DEVICES HAVING TRANSISTORS IN SERIES Public/Granted day:2021-12-09
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