Abstract: An apparatus comprises a capacitor connected between a bootstrap supply terminal (HB) and a switching terminal (HS) of a bridge driver. The apparatus further comprises an NMOS transistor having its drain terminal and cathode of its body diode both connected to the bootstrap supply terminal. The apparatus further comprises a pair of PMOS transistors coupled in parallel with shared source and drain terminals, wherein their shared source terminal connects to a first power supply (VDD) at a first power supply terminal, wherein their shared drain terminal connects in series to a source terminal of the NMOS transistor. The apparatus further comprises a charge pump capable of generating a second power supply (VCP) at a second power supply terminal, wherein the second power supply is capable of charging the capacitor via the NMOS transistor and the pair of PMOS transistors at a higher voltage than the first power supply.

Abstract: In one example, a circuit includes a first transistor having a first terminal coupled to a first supply voltage source, a second transistor coupled between a second terminal of the first transistor and a ground terminal, and a voltage clamp circuit coupled between the first supply voltage source and the ground terminal. The circuit may further include a first switch coupled between a control terminal of the first transistor and a second supply voltage source, the first switch having a control terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first transistor, a second switch coupled between a control terminal of the second transistor and the second supply voltage source, the second switch having a control terminal coupled to the ground terminal, and a filter coupled between the control terminal of the second transistor and the ground terminal.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods and arrangements and related cell-free biomolecular breadboards configured to design, build, implement, debug, and/or test a genetic circuit to be operated in a target environment, by testing in a cell-free system under conditions of the target environment, molecular components of the genetic circuit and/or combinations thereof to select the molecular components and/or combinations thereof of a genetic circuit operative in the target environment.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods and arrangements and related cell-free biomolecular breadboards configured to design, build, implement, debug, and/or test a genetic circuit to be operated in a target environment, by testing in a cell-free system under conditions of the target environment, molecular components of the genetic circuit and/or combinations thereof to select the molecular components and/or combinations thereof of a genetic circuit operative in the target environment.

Abstract: Reducing leakage current when a circuit contains a series of CMOS transistors. The probability that each input signal (connecting to the gate terminal of the corresponding CMOS transistor) will be at a logical value which turns off the corresponding CMOS transistor is determined. A CMOS transistor with a high threshold voltage may be connected to receive an input signal with a high probability to reduce the aggregate leakage current in the circuit. The approach may be used in any environments such as synthesis tools and also manual design methodologies.

Abstract: Reducing leakage current when a circuit contains a series of CMOS transistors. The probability that each input signal (connecting to the gate terminal of the corresponding CMOS transistor) will be at a logical value which turns off the corresponding CMOS transistor is determined. A CMOS transistor with a high threshold voltage may be connected to receive an input signal with a high probability to reduce the aggregate leakage current in the circuit. The approach may be used in any environments such as synthesis tools and also manual design methodologies.