A complementary transistor switch using a zener diode

Abstract

Abstract A high-speed electronic-switching circuit including two functionally interdependent stages, each stage comprising a pair of complementary transistors. The transistor of the output stage have their collector electrodes connected directly to each other and to an output terminal and their emitter electrodes connected to separate sources of potential. The transistors of the input stage have their base electrodes connected to a voltage dividing network including a Zener diode, and through that network to an input signal that alternately drives each transistor of the output pair of transistors into saturation in accordance with the level of the input signal to thereby alternately couple each potential source to the output terminal to produce a resultant output signal having predetermined upper and lower voltage levels.

Inventors

• 👤 Neal W Vinson

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