Circuit and method for dynamically changing a trip point in a sensing inverter

US8988959B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8988959-B2
Application numberUS-201213671253-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateNov 7, 2012
Priority dateNov 7, 2012
Publication dateMar 24, 2015
Grant dateMar 24, 2015

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A circuit and method for dynamically changing trip point voltage in a sensing inverter circuit. In one embodiment, the sensing inverter circuit includes: (1) a base inverter circuit couplable to logic-high and logic-low voltage sources at respective inputs thereof and configured to transition an output thereof from a previous logic-level voltage to a present logic-level voltage based on a logic value of an input voltage received by the base inverter circuit, and (2) a feedback circuit associated with the base inverter circuit and configured to employ the previous logic-level voltage to decouple one of the logic-high and logic-low voltage sources from one of the inputs and thereby shift a trip voltage of the base inverter circuit toward the input voltage.

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What is claimed is: 1. A sensing inverter circuit, comprising: a base inverter circuit couplable to logic-high and logic-low voltage sources at respective inputs thereof and configured to transition an output thereof from a previous logic-level voltage to a present logic-level voltage based on a logic value of an input voltage received by said base inverter circuit; and a feedback circuit associated with said base inverter circuit and configured to employ said previous logic-lev…

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What does patent US8988959B2 cover?
A circuit and method for dynamically changing trip point voltage in a sensing inverter circuit. In one embodiment, the sensing inverter circuit includes: (1) a base inverter circuit couplable to logic-high and logic-low voltage sources at respective inputs thereof and configured to transition an output thereof from a previous logic-level voltage to a present logic-level voltage based on a logic…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Lsi Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G11C7/067. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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