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Document Number
US Patent 7514961
Issued Date
April 7, 2009
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Abstract
A logic circuit includes a logic unit, a driving unit, and a voltage level adjuster. The logic unit includes an output node having a logic state, the logic unit being coupled to a first voltage reference. The driving unit includes an input node, the driving unit being coupled to a second voltage reference, the driving unit and the first logic unit being constructed from a single type of transistor. The voltage level adjuster provides a control signal that causes the driving unit to reduce a current flowing through the driving unit when the output node of the first logic unit has a first logic state, and causes the driving unit to drive an output node of the logic circuit to a voltage level substantially equal to that of the second voltage reference when the output node of the first logic unit has a second logic state.
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Published
April 7, 2009
Application Number
11/675,909
Filed
February 16, 2007
US Classification
326/81   326/83 326/86
Int'l Classification
H03K   19/0175   (20060101)  
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Attorney/Law Firm
USPTO Field of Search
326/83   326/88   326/81  
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