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Transmitter end stage

  • US 5,448,180 A
  • Filed: 02/22/1992
  • Issued: 09/05/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a driver associated with a data line of a bus system, a monolithically integrated end-stage circuit comprising:

  • a) a switching transistor, said switching transistori) electrically coupled between said data line and a supply voltage,ii) controlled by a control signal;

    b) a resistor, said resistori) connected in series with said switching transistor,ii) connected to said data line,iii) formed lying in a tub of said monolithically integrated circuit;

    c) a first diode, said first diodei) including an anode coupled with said supply voltage,ii) including a cathode coupled with said tub of said resistor; and

    d) a second diode, said second diode connected in series with said switching transistor.

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