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US07839174B2 Mixed-voltage tolerant I/O buffer and output buffer circuit thereof 有权
混合电压容限I / O缓冲器及其输出缓冲电路

Mixed-voltage tolerant I/O buffer and output buffer circuit thereof
Abstract:
An output buffer circuit includes a high voltage detecting circuit, a dynamic gate bias generating circuit, an output stage circuit and a pad voltage detector. The high voltage detecting circuit detects a power supply voltage and generates a first and a second determining signals and a first and a second bias voltages according to the power supply voltage. The dynamic gate bias generating circuit is biased by the first and the second bias voltages and receives the first and the second determining signals, for converting logic control signals into corresponding gate bias voltages according to the first and the second determining signals. The pad voltage detector detects a voltage of an I/O pad and provides a pad voltage detecting signal for the output stage circuit to modify an output signal outputted to an I/O pad. A mixed-voltage input/output (I/O) buffer is disclosed herein.
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