Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Output driver protection
- Patent Title (中): 输出驱动器保护
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Application No.: US12643843Application Date: 2009-12-21
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Publication No.: US08213145B2Publication Date: 2012-07-03
- Inventor: Xin Xiao , David W. Cline , Chuc K. Thanh
- Applicant: Xin Xiao , David W. Cline , Chuc K. Thanh
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.
- Main IPC: H02H3/20
- IPC: H02H3/20 ; H02H9/04
Abstract:
Embodiments of an output driver comprising a switching module configured to multiplex a protection transistor between a protection mode and a current mirror mode are disclosed herein. The output driver may operate at high speed with voltages above a maximum threshold voltage specification for the output driver. Additional variants and embodiments may also be disclosed and claimed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110149456A1 OUTPUT DRIVER PROTECTION Public/Granted day:2011-06-23
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