CASCADED METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR TRANSISTORS WHOSE

Brand	Owner	Address	Description
CHANNEL PROTECTOR	Analog Devices, Incorporated	One Technology Way Norwood MA 02062	cascaded metal-oxide semiconductor transistors whose impedance rises substantially to infinity when a signal voltage changes to a level outside of a pre-determined range and whose impedance automatically returns to its original value when the incoming signal voltage level returns into the pre-determined range;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

An adjustable level shifter with native and kicker transistors is provided. The level shifter provides high switching speeds, adjustable output voltage levels, and low jitter. The level shifter has first and second thick-oxide p-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS) transistors, first and second thick-oxide native n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS) transistors, and first and second thin-oxide NMOS transistors. The first PMOS transistor, first native transistor, and first NMOS transistor are connected in series and the second PMOS transistor, second native transistor, and second NMOS transistor are connected in series. An input data signal and an inverted version of the input data signal drive the gates of the thin-oxide NMOS transistors. A node located between the first PMOS transistor and first native transistor is connected to an output data terminal. The kicker transistor is connected in parallel with the first PMOS transistor.