Patent ID: 7310259

Claim:
A control circuit for applying a select signal to a gate electrode of a pass transistor responsive to an access signal, the transistor having gate-source terminals coupled between first and second terminals, the control circuit comprising: a shunt transistor having a gate terminal and a pair of source-drain terminals coupled between the first terminal and the gate electrode of the pass transistor; a control transistor having a gate terminal coupled to receive the access signal, the control transistor having a pair of source-drain terminals coupled between the first terminal and the gate terminal of the shunt transistor; a first switching transistor having a gate terminal coupled to receive the access signal, and a pair of source-drain terminals coupled between a supply voltage and the gate terminal of the control transistor; and a second switching transistor having a gate terminal coupled to receive a compliment of the access signal, and a pair of source-drain terminals coupled between the supply voltage and the gate terminal of the shunt transistor.