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Input/output circuit

US6107832A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 28, 1999
Grant dateAug 22, 2000
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Expiry dateMay 28, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K19/0013
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An input/output circuit in which, one of the two output signals from a signal level converting circuit is inputted into one input terminal of a NAND gate and into one input terminal of a NOR gate, while the other signal is inputted into the other input terminal of the NOR gate and also to the other input terminal of the NAND gate through an inverter. An output signal from the NAND gate and NOR gate is inputted into the gate of a PMOS transistor and into a gate of a NMOS transistor, which makes it possible to prevent the PMOS transistor and NMOS transistor from concurrently being ON and also prevents a through current from flowing therethrough.

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