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Very high voltage switch

US6380793B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 27, 2000
Grant dateApr 30, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K17/6871
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A push-pull switch including a first N-channel MOS transistor, the drain-source path of which is connected between a high voltage terminal and an output terminal, a first resistor connected between the gate of the first transistor and the high voltage, a diode having its anode connected to the output terminal and its cathode connected to the gate of the first transistor, a second N-channel MOS transistor having its drain connected to the cathode of the diode, its source connected to a reference potential, and its gate connected to a control terminal, and a second resistor connected between the gate of the second transistor and the output terminal.

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