Patents by Inventor Darrin Robert BENZER

Darrin Robert BENZER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • High voltage fail-safe IO design using thin oxide devices
    Patent number: 9391618
    Abstract: A high-voltage fail-safe input/output (I/O) interface circuit includes a voltage-divider circuit coupled to an I/O pad of the I/O interface circuit, and a selector circuit configured to couple, to a power supply line of the I/O interface circuit one of an output of the voltage-divider circuit or and I/O supply voltage. The voltage-divider circuit and the selector circuit are implemented on the same chip with the I/O interface circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Darrin Robert Benzer
  • HIGH VOLTAGE FAIL-SAFE IO DESIGN USING THIN OXIDE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160043719
    Abstract: A high-voltage fail-safe input/output (I/O) interface circuit includes a voltage-divider circuit coupled to an I/O pad of the I/O interface circuit, and a selector circuit configured to couple, to a power supply line of the I/O interface circuit one of an output of the voltage-divider circuit or and I/O supply voltage. The voltage-divider circuit and the selector circuit are implemented on the same chip with the I/O interface circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Darrin Robert BENZER