Switching circuit having low standby power dissipation

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: FIRT AND SECOND AMPLIFYING DEVICES EACH HAVING INPUT AND OUTPUT ELECTRODES DEFINING A CURRENT APPLYING PATH, AND HAVING ALSO A CONTROL ELECTRODE; A DIRECT CURRENT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE OUTPUT ELECTRODE OF EACH DEVICE AND THE CONTROL ELECTRODE OF THE OTHER DEVICE; A FIRST IMPEDANCE ELEMENT HAVING ONE TERMINAL CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT ELECTRODE OF THE FIRST AMPLIFYING DEVICE; A SECOND IMPEDANCE ELEMENT HAVING POTENTIAL, RESPECTIVELY NECTED TO THE OUTPUT ELECTRODE OF THE SECOND AMPLIFYING DEVICE; MEANS FOR APPLYING OPERATING POTENTIAL, RESPECTIVELY, BETWEEN THE SECOND TERMINAL OF EACH SAID IMPEDANCE ELEMENT AND THE INPUT ELECTRODE OF THE ASSOCIATED AMPLIFYING DEVICE; THIRD AND FOURTH AMPLIFYING DEVICES HAVING THEIR CURRENT CARRYING PATHS CONNECTED, RESPECTIVELY, IN CIRCUIT ACROSS THE CURRENT CARRYING PATHS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND AMPLIFYING DEVICES; FIFTH AND SIXTH AMPLIFYING DEVICES HAVING THEIR CURRENT CARRYING PATHS CONNECTED, RESPECTIVELY, ACROSS THE FIRST AND SECOND IMPEDANCE ELEMENTS; A FIRST SIGNAL RECEIVING INPUT TERMINAL COMMON TO THE CONTROL ELECTRODES OF THE THIRD AND SIXTH AMPLIFYING DEVICES; AND A SECOND SIGNAL RECEIVING INPUT TERMINAL COMMON TO THE CONTROL ELECTRODES OF THE FOURTH AND FIFTH AMPLIFYING DEVICES.