Patent ID: 7525346

Claim:
A driver circuit, comprising: a first input stage comprising: a first transistor coupled between a first node and a second node and having a control terminal coupled to a third node; a second transistor coupled between a fourth node and the second node and having a control terminal coupled to the third node; a third transistor coupled between a fifth node and the third node and having a control terminal coupled to the fourth node; and a first resistor coupled between the third node and the second node; a second input stage comprising: a fourth transistor coupled between a sixth node and the second node and having a control terminal coupled to a seventh node; a fifth transistor coupled between an eighth node and the second node and having a control terminal coupled to the seventh node; a sixth transistor coupled between a ninth node and the seventh node and having a control terminal coupled to the eighth node; and a second resistor coupled between the seventh node and the second node; and an output stage comprising: a seventh transistor coupled between the first node and a tenth node and having a control terminal coupled to an eleventh node; and an eighth transistor coupled between the sixth node and a twelfth node and having a control terminal coupled to the eleventh node.