Patent ID: 8248353

Claim:
A method for use in a circuit section of an electronic circuit, comprising: coupling a discharging element to the circuit section at a coupling point in the circuit section, wherein the circuit section is operable in a first time period and a second time period following the first time period, and the coupling point has a first voltage level in the first time period and a second voltage level in the second time period; and reducing the second voltage level at the coupling point in the second time period through the discharging element, wherein the circuit section comprises: an input element operable in a connecting state and a non-connecting state, and an output element having an output terminal and a gate coupled to the input element at the coupling point in the circuit section, wherein when the circuit section is operated in the first time period, the input element is operated in the connecting state for providing a bias voltage level to the gate of the output element through the coupling point, wherein the bias voltage level is substantially equal to the first voltage level, and when the circuit section is operated in the second time period, the input element is operated in the non-connecting state, the voltage level at the coupling point increases from the first voltage level to the second voltage level partly due to an increased voltage level at the output terminal of the output element.