Circuit layout with active components and high breakdown voltage

US7539965B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ATMEL Germany GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Christoph Bromberger · Heilbronn, DE
• Volker Dudek · Ditzingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 5, 2005
• Grant date: May 26, 2009
• Expiry date: Feb 1, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H03K19/00315
• WIPO field: Basic communication processes
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated circuit layout having a first circuit connection, a second circuit connection, and active components is provided, whereby the active components each have an input connection and an output connection and a predefined maximum reverse voltage between the input connection and the output connection, and whereby a maximum value of a voltage swing, achieved between the first circuit connection and the second circuit connection, is greater than the predefined maximum reverse voltage. The circuit layout is characterized in that an input connection of an n-th active component is connected to an output connection of an (n−1)-th active component, and that the circuit layout changes the potentials of terminal gates of the (n−1)-th component and the n-th component synchronously to a control signal.