Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Load switch
- Patent Title (中): 负载开关
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Application No.: US13786151Application Date: 2013-03-05
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Publication No.: US08854097B2Publication Date: 2014-10-07
- Inventor: Aline C. Sadate , William E. Grose
- 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 Alan A. R. Cooper; Frederick J. Telecky, Jr.
- Main IPC: H03K5/12
- IPC: H03K5/12 ; H03K19/0185

Abstract:
An IC generally comprises enable pin, ground pin, input pin, output pin, load switch, control circuitry, and level shifter. Load switch is coupled between the input pin and output pin and receives a negative voltage through the input pin. The control circuitry is coupled to the enable pin, the ground pin, and the load switch and controls the load switch and uses ground pin as positive supply rail and input pin as an internal ground. Voltage applied to the input terminal is negative, enabling pulling of the gate of a transistor of a level shifter to ground turns transistor as “on,” enabling a negative output signal to be provided through output pin VOUT. Therefore, the output signal (at output pin VOUT) can be ground (applied to the ground pin GND) when the transistor is “off” and can be the negative voltage (applied to the input pin VIN) when transistor is “on.”
Public/Granted literature
- US20140253194A1 LOAD SWITCH Public/Granted day:2014-09-11
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