US 7,321,242 B2 | ||
Integrated circuit with breakdown voltage multiplier | ||
Sam Mandegaran, Tustin, Calif. (US); and Seyed Ali Hajimiri, Pasadena, Calif. (US) | ||
Assigned to California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. (US) | ||
Filed on Apr. 14, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/107,402. | ||
Claims priority of provisional application 60/562661, filed on Apr. 15, 2004. | ||
Prior Publication US 2005/0258866 A1, Nov. 24, 2005 | ||
Int. Cl. H03K 19/082 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 326—89 [326/75] | 23 Claims |
1. An integrated circuit device, the device comprising:
an output stage having a device output and a plurality of output transistors in a stacked configuration; and
a signal distributor configured to receive an input signal at an input, generate a plurality of intermediate driver signals
based on the input signal, and couple the intermediate driver signals to the output stage such that each output transistor
contributes a portion of an output signal and a total output voltage swing exceeds a breakdown voltage of any one of the plurality
of output transistors, and
wherein the signal distributor is further configured to generate the plurality of intermediate driver signals such that each
of the plurality of output transistors contributes a substantially equal portion of the output signal, and wherein the signal
distributor is configured to substantially equalize a delay from the input to the device output for signal paths through each
of the plurality of output transistors.
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