Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Input-output circuits
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Application No.: US14921192Application Date: 2015-10-23
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Publication No.: US09780647B2Publication Date: 2017-10-03
- Inventor: Alan Roth , Chia-Chun Chang , Eric Soenen
- Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Hamptman Ham, LLP
- Main IPC: H02M3/155
- IPC: H02M3/155

Abstract:
A circuit comprises a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit is configured to operate at a first-circuit supply voltage value, and to generate a first reference voltage value based on a voltage rated for transistors in a second circuit. The second circuit is configured to operate at a second-circuit supply voltage value, to receive a first signal and the first reference voltage value, and to clamp an input node of the second circuit based on the first reference voltage value. The second-circuit supply voltage value is less than the first-circuit supply voltage value. The first signal is configured to swing between a low voltage value and a voltage value higher than the second-circuit supply voltage value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160149486A1 INPUT-OUTPUT CIRCUITS Public/Granted day:2016-05-26
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