Patent ID: 7199611

Claim:
A system for providing a temporarily modified output, comprising: a waveform control that provides a control output that temporarily adjusts to an intermediate level during a transition between normal high and low levels during a first operating mode, the waveform control provides the control output to transition periodically between the high and low levels during a second operating mode; a delay network that controls the waveform control to provide the output at the intermediate level for a duration during the first operating mode; a driver that provides an output signal based on the control output provided by the waveform control, the output signal transitions between associated high and low levels during the second operating mode, and transitions to an intermediate level for the duration during the first operating mode; and the waveform control further comprising at least one component coupled to temporarily diode connect a transistor device of the driver, by providing each of a control input node and a second node of the transistor device with a matched voltage, to enable the driver to provide the output signal at the intermediate level for the duration of the first operating mode.