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US 2012/0127767 A1Published application
Low-Current Inverter Circuit
AssigneeEpcos AG
InventorErwin Spits
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Abstract
The circuit includes an E-mode transistor with gate-source junction, a D-mode transistor with gate-source junction, a component generating a voltage drop between the source of the D-mode transistor and the drain of the E-mode transistor, and a connection between the drain of the E-mode transistor and the gate of the D-mode transistor. The gate of the E-mode transistor is provided for an input signal, and the drain of the E-mode transistor is provided for an output signal.
Claims20
An inverter circuit, comprising:
- an input transistor and a feedback transistor, each comprising a source, a drain and a gate that is provided to control a channel between the source and the drain, and each having a gate-source junction,
- wherein the input transistor conducts between the source and the drain if a gate-source voltage that is applied between the gate and the source is more positive than a positive threshold voltage, and does not conduct between the source and the drain else otherwise,
- wherein the feedback transistor does not conduct between the source and the drain if a gate-source voltage that is applied between the gate and the source is larger more negative than a negative threshold voltage, and conducting conducts between the source and the drain otherwise,
- a component that generates a voltage drop between the source of the feedback transistor and the drain of the input transistor,
- a connection between the drain of the input transistor and the gate of the feedback transistor,
- wherein the source of the input transistor is to be connected to a first voltage level of the a supply voltage,
- wherein the drain of the feedback transistor is to be connected to a second voltage level of the supply voltage,
- wherein the gate of the input transistor is provided for an input signal, and
- wherein the drain of the input transistor is provided for an output signal.
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A circuit comprising:
- an enhancement mode transistor with a gate-source junction;
- a depletion mode transistor with a gate-source junction;
- a component generating a voltage drop between a source of the depletion mode transistor and a drain of the enhancement mode transistor;
- and
- a connection between the drain of the enhancement mode transistor and a gate of the depletion mode transistor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.