Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High voltage selector circuit with no quiescent current
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Application No.: US15019394Application Date: 2016-02-09
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Publication No.: US09685938B2Publication Date: 2017-06-20
- Inventor: Ciaran J. Brennan , Mukesh Kumar
- Applicant: LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CA Milpitas
- Assignee: LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Milpitas
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Main IPC: H03K17/00
- IPC: H03K17/00 ; H03K5/1532 ; H01L27/088

Abstract:
A maximum voltage selection circuit may include multiple inputs, each for receiving a different input voltage, an output for delivering the highest of the input voltages, and a voltage selection circuit. The voltage selection circuit may automatically select the input having the largest voltage magnitude, automatically deliver the voltage at the selected input to the output, and not draw quiescent operating current from any of the inputs. For each and every unique combination of two of the multiple inputs, the voltage selection circuit may include an enhancement mode FET with a channel connected in series between a first input of the unique combination of the two inputs and the output; a connection between the gate of the enhancement mode FET and the second input of the unique combination of the two inputs through the channel of a depletion mode FET; an additional enhancement mode FET with a channel connected in series between the second of the unique combination of the two inputs and the output; and a connection between the gate of the additional enhancement mode FET and the first of the unique combination of the two inputs through the channel of an additional depletion mode FET.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160156341A1 HIGH VOLTAGE SELECTOR CIRCUIT WITH NO QUIESCENT CURRENT Public/Granted day:2016-06-02
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