Boosted multiplexer transmission gate
US6404237B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 29, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03K17/693
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method for boosting a transmission gate by charging a pair of capacitors and using the coupling effect of that pair of capacitors to overdrive the gate inputs of NMOS and PMOS transistors of a transmission gate to turn on the transistors more strongly and speed the passage of data signals.
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