Patent ID: 8063668

Claim:
An output stage, comprising: a signal input, an actuating input, and a signal output; a first transistor pair with a first conductivity type, where a respective first connection of a first transistor and of a second transistor in the first transistor pair is connected to a first circuit node; a first current source connected to the first circuit node; a second transistor pair with a second conductivity type, where a respective first connection of a first transistor and of a second transistor in the second transistor pair is connected to a second circuit node; a second current source connected to the second circuit node; a first current mirror with a current mirror transistor of the first conductivity type connected to the signal output; and a second current mirror with a current mirror transistor of the second conductivity type connected to the signal output, wherein the signal input is connected to control connections of the first transistors in the first and second transistor pairs, the actuating input is connected to control connections of the second transistors in the first and second transistor pairs, a second connection of the second transistor in the first transistor pair is connected to the second current mirror, and a second connection of the second transistor in the second transistor pair is connected to the first current mirror, and wherein second connections of the first transistor in each of the first and second transistor pairs are coupled to respective, different supply terminals.