Patents Assigned to IML International Ltd
  • Patent number: 8154346
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes: detecting one of a short-to-ground condition and a short-to-supply condition at an output node; selectively activating a feedback control transistor according to the detecting; detecting a first current passing through a first transistor using a second transistor sized to be smaller than the first transistor; mirroring the detected current using a plurality of transistors to form a feedback current; and providing the feedback current to a gate electrode of the first transistor according to the selectively activating the feedback control transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: IML International Ltd
    Inventor: Chiayao S. Tung