Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Analog switches and methods for controlling analog switches
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Application No.: US14109249Application Date: 2013-12-17
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Publication No.: US09621156B2Publication Date: 2017-04-11
- Inventor: David Aherne
- Applicant: Analog Devices Global
- Applicant Address: BM Hamilton
- Assignee: Analog Devices Global
- Current Assignee: Analog Devices Global
- Current Assignee Address: BM Hamilton
- Agency: Schwegman, Lundberg, & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: H03K17/00
- IPC: H03K17/00 ; H03K17/687

Abstract:
An analog switch may be maintained reliably in an off state. The switch comprises: a P-type first transistor having a source, a drain and a gate, a N-type second transistor having a source, a drain and a gate, and a switch control circuit to drive the gates of the first and second transistors. The drain of the first transistor and the source of the second transistor are connected at a first node, and the source of the first transistor and the drain of the second transistor are connected at a second node. When the voltage at the first or second nodes falls outside of a supply voltage range of the switch control circuit, the switch control circuit is operable, in response to a signal to make the switch high impedance, by adjusting the gate voltages of the first transistor and the second transistor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150171861A1 ANALOG SWITCHES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ANALOG SWITCHES Public/Granted day:2015-06-18
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