Patent ID: 11947372
Assignee: TSMC CHINA COMPANY, LIMITED
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A method, comprising:
controlling, in response to a voltage level of a terminal of at least one first transistor being smaller than a first voltage level, a plurality of second transistors to generate an output signal, having the first voltage level equal to half of a supply voltage, to the terminal of the at least one first transistor to adjust the voltage level of the terminal of the at least one first transistor to be equal to the first voltage level when the at least one first transistor is turned off; and
controlling, in response to a logic state of a first control signal being changed from a first logic state to a second logic state, the at least one first transistor to be turned on gradually to pull up the voltage level of the terminal of the at least one first transistor from the first voltage level to the supply voltage.