Invention Application
- Patent Title: ELECTRONIC SWITCH EXHIBITING LOW OFF-STATE LEAKAGE CURRENT
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Application No.: US15338278Application Date: 2016-10-28
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Publication No.: US20180013417A1Publication Date: 2018-01-11
- Inventor: Howard R. Samuels
- Applicant: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Norwood
- Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Norwood
- Main IPC: H03K17/12
- IPC: H03K17/12 ; H03K17/687 ; G11C27/02

Abstract:
According to some aspects, a low-leakage switch is provided. In some embodiments, the low-leakage switch includes a plurality of pass transistors in series that selectively couple two ports of the low-leakage switch and a node biasing circuit coupled to a node between the plurality of pass transistors. In these embodiments, the node biasing circuit may adjust a voltage at the node to change the gate-to-source voltage of the pass transistors and, thereby, reduce the leakage current through the pass transistors when the low-leakage switch is turned off. The node biasing circuit may also include circuitry to reduce the leakage current introduced by the node biasing circuit into the node when the low-leakage switch is turned on.
Public/Granted literature
- US10210946B2 Electronic switch exhibiting low off-state leakage current Public/Granted day:2019-02-19
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