Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Channel switchover power multiplexer circuits, and methods of operating the same
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Application No.: US16217658Application Date: 2018-12-12
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Publication No.: US10432184B1Publication Date: 2019-10-01
- Inventor: Jae Won Choi , Sungho Beck , Richard Turkson , Johnny Klarenbeek , Bixia Li
- Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Tuenlap Chan; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: G11C5/14
- IPC: G11C5/14 ; H03K17/00 ; H03K5/24

Abstract:
Channel switchover power multiplexer circuits, and methods of operating the same are disclosed. An example power multiplexer a first transistor coupled to a first input, a second transistor coupled to the first transistor to couple a first voltage at the first input to an output, a third transistor coupled to a second input, a fourth transistor coupled to the third transistor to couple a second voltage at the second input to the output, a diode amplifier to provide a third voltage to a gate of the first transistor to block a reverse current, and a soft-start amplifier to provide a fourth voltage to a gate of the fourth transistor to turn on (with adjustable VOUT ramp rate) the fourth transistor with a constant ramp rate.
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