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Granted Patent B2
US 11,175,685 · App. 16/914,938 · Granted Nov 16, 2021

Automatic input/output voltage control

Inventors: Richard Edwin Hubbard (Allen, TX); Richard Sterling Broughton (Dallas, TX); Vijayalakshmi Devarajan (Plano, TX)
Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
G05F1/465H03K3/3565H03K5/24H03K17/005
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,175,685
App. No.
16/914,938
Granted
Nov 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An integrated circuit includes an input terminal, an input buffer circuit, an interface voltage control circuit, an output voltage selection circuit, an output driver circuit, and an output terminal. The input buffer circuit is coupled to the input terminal. The interface voltage control circuit is coupled to the input terminal. The output voltage selection circuit is coupled to the interface voltage control circuit. The output driver circuit is coupled to the output voltage selection circuit. The output terminal is coupled to the output driver circuit.

Claims (23)

1. An integrated circuit, comprising:

an input terminal;

an input buffer circuit coupled to the input terminal;

a comparator circuit coupled to the input terminal;

an output voltage selection circuit coupled to the comparator circuit;

an output driver circuit coupled to the output voltage selection circuit; and

an output terminal coupled to the output driver circuit.

2. The integrated circuit of claim 1 , wherein the output voltage selection circuit comprises:

a first input coupled to a first power supply voltage source;

a second input coupled to a second power supply voltage source;

a third input coupled to an output of the comparator circuit; and

an output coupled to the output driver circuit.

3. The integrated circuit of claim 2 , further comprising a voltage regulator circuit comprising:

an input coupled to the first power supply voltage source; and

an output that is the second power supply voltage source.

4. An integrated circuit, comprising:

an input terminal configured to receive an input signal;

an input buffer circuit coupled to the input terminal, and configured to drive the input signal to an internal circuit;

a comparator circuit coupled to the input terminal, and configured to identify a power supply voltage corresponding to a voltage provided at the input terminal;

an output terminal configured to provide an output signal;

an output driver circuit coupled to the output terminal, and configured to drive the output signal to the output terminal;

an output voltage selection circuit coupled to the comparator circuit and the output driver circuit, and configured to provide the power supply voltage identified by the comparator circuit to the output driver circuit.

5. The integrated circuit of claim 4 , further comprising a voltage regulator circuit configured to generate the power supply voltage identified by the comparator circuit.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 16235631 · Dec 28, 2018
Provisional Application 62672210 · May 16, 2018
Related Publication 20200326738A1 · Oct 15, 2020
Cited By (1)
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