An electronic circuit has a driver circuit to drive a signal onto a signal line. The driver circuit contains a first switching device with a first forward resistance between a first supply voltage terminal and the signal line, and a second switching device with a second forward resistance between a second supply voltage terminal and the signal line. A control circuit is provided to generate a first and a second control signal to control the first and second switching devices in a first operating...

A controlling circuit for controlling on-off switching of a power supply for a CMOS circuit includes a CMOS circuit (20) and a switch (30). The CMOS circuit includes a first circuit (50) for storing the system time of the computer and a second circuit (70) for storing other system settings of the computer. One terminal of the switch is connected to the first circuit and a power supply (10) in parallel via a resistor (R2). The one terminal of the switch is connected to the second circuit, and ano...

An exemplary programming circuit (40) includes an input terminal (42) configured for receiving an external high voltage signal, a driving circuit (20), a switch circuit (43) connected between the input terminal and the driving circuit, and a feedback circuit (45). When the external high voltage signal is larger than a normal value thereof, the feedback circuit outputs a first control signal to turn off the switch circuit. When the external high voltage signal is less than the normal value thereo...

A counter circuit provides select signals SEL0-SEL3 of a cycle 4Tc sequentially attaining a high level for every 1/4 cycle Tc. A 4-input selector circuit receives data signals I0-I3 of a cycle 4Tc to sequentially output the same for every 1/4 period of Tc in response to a high level of select signals SEL0-SEL3. A flipflop circuit fetches and outputs an output of the selector circuit in synchronization with a clock signal C0. The number of hardware components is reduced in comparison with the con...

The invention is directed to a protective circuit for an integrated circuit 1. This protective circuit is preferably arranged in a plurality of circuit levels 2, 3 under and/or above the intergrated circuit 1. It exhibits a plurality of interconnects 10, 11 that are charged with different signals of one or more signal generators. The different signals, after traversing the interconnects 10, 11, are analyzed with one or more detectors in that the signals received by detectors are respectively com...

A delay circuit for integrated circuits includes a current mirror circuit having at least a pair of MIS transistors, a constant current source and a capacitance. The delay time is determined by the charging time of the capacitance connected to one of the MIS transistors. A stable delay time is obtained regardless of manufacturing variations and the space required for the circuit is reduced.

A circuit used for testing an integrated circuit including a chop circuit. A source of a test signal coupled to a first pair of pins of the integrated circuit. A test signal measuring device to measure the test signal coupled to a second pair of pins of the integrated circuit. A chop circuit controller produces a control signal and for feeding such control to the chop circuit and the test signal measuring device. In response to the control signal, the chop circuit couples the first pair of pins ...

An object is to reduce the offset voltage between the input and output in a wide range of output current with a simple circuit configuration. Transistors (Q1), (Q2) and (Q3) have a size ratio of m:n:1, transistors (Q6) and (Q7) have a size ratio of 1:p, and transistors (Q4) and (Q5) have a size ratio of {(m+n+1)/p:}). Accordingly a current which is (m+n+1) times the current flowing in the transistor (Q3) is supplied to the emitter electrodes of the transistors (Q1) and (Q2). Since the ratio betw...

The present invention provides a rigid circuit member obtained by bending a composite laminate comprising a circuit conductor made of a metal foil interposed between plastic films having an elastic modulus of not less than 450 kg/mm.sup.2 with an adhesive, characterized in that as said plastic film there is used a polyethylene naphthalate film. The present invention also provides a circuit board adapted to be connected to a conductor on a rigid substrate, characterized in that said circuit condu...

An input circuit includes: a comparator; first and second delay circuits; a selector; an input buffer; and a holding circuit. The comparator compares the leading and/or trailing edges of a data signal, supplied from the input buffer, to an edge of a clock signal on which the data signal is intended to be latched. Based on the results of the comparison, the first and second delay circuits delay the clock signal for respectively predetermined amounts of time. If the data signal is logically high, ...