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US 5,327,022 AGranted
Multiplexer circuit less liable to malfunction
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsShigeru Yamada, Isao Abe, Tsutomu Takahashi
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Abstract
A multiplexer circuit comprises a plurality of circuits for decoding digital timing signals, and a plurality of circuits for passing an one of the analogue voltage potentials to an output terminal corresponding to the decoded result of the decoding circuits, and preventing the passing circuits from passing more than one signal simultaneously.
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A multiplexer circuit comprising:
- a plurality of means for decoding digital timing signals;
- a plurality of means for passing an analogue potential to an output terminal corresponding to a decoded result of the decoding means, and preventing the passing means from passing more than one signal simultaneously;
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- means for supplying a timing signal to the decoding means at the time when the digital signals change, thereby preventing a plurality of the passing means from turning on simultaneously.
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A multiplexer circuit comprising:
- a plurality of means for decoding digital timing signals;
- a plurality of means for passing an analogue potential to an output terminal corresponding to a decoded result of the decoding means, and preventing the passing means from passing more than one signal simultaneously;
- means for supplying a timing signal to the decoding means at the time when the digital signals change, thereby preventing a plurality of the passing means from turning on simultaneously;
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- wherein the passing means contains complementary MOS transistors, and the decoding means contains logic circuits to control the operation of MOS transistors of a first conductivity type of the passing means, and inverter circuits to control the operation of MOS transistors of a second conductivity type of the passing means, each logic gate circuit having a first gate width of the first conductivity-type MOS transistors set larger than a second gate width of the second conductivity-type MOS transistors, and each inverter circuit having a third gate width of the first conductivity-type MOS transistors set larger than a fourth gate width of the second conductivity-type MOS transistors.
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A multiplexer circuit comprising:
- a semiconductor substrate having a plurality of means for decoding digital timing signals;
- a plurality of means, formed in a line on the semiconductor substrate, for transferring a potential from the decoding means to an output terminal;
- means for supplying a time signal to the decoding means at the time when the digital signals change, thereby preventing a plurality of the transferring means from turning on simultaneously;
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- a plurality of means, formed on the semiconductor substrate so as to be electrically coupled to the transferring means, respectively, for controlling the operation of the transferring means corresponding to the decoded result of the decoding means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.