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Temperature instability-aware circuit

US10483973B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 10, 2018
Grant dateNov 19, 2019
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Expiry dateOct 10, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K3/356113
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A circuit includes: a first type of swing reduction circuit coupled between an input/output pad and a buffer circuit; and a second type of swing reduction circuit coupled between the input/output pad and the buffer circuit, wherein the first type of swing reduction circuit is configured to increase a voltage received by respective gates of a first subset of transistors of the buffer circuit when a voltage applied on the input/output pad is equal to a first supply voltage, and the second type of swing reduction circuit is configured to reduce a voltage received by respective gates of a second subset of transistors of the buffer circuit when the voltage applied on the input/output pad is equal to a second supply voltage.

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