A switch circuit has a
transistor switch (305, 353, 401, 451, 501) and a first MOS
transistor (T1, T3, 505), both of a first type, and a second MOS
transistor (T2, T4, 517) of a second type that is complementary to the first type, wherein the first type is an NFET or a PFET. The
transistor switch (305, 353, 401, 451, 501) has a source (311, 355, 515), a drain (309, 359, 516), and a gate (503), wherein the gate (503) is connected to a first
control signal (307, 403, 453, 503) having at least a first
voltage state for turning the
transistor switch (305, 353, 401, 451, 501) on and a second
voltage state for turning the
transistor switch (305, 353, 401, 451, 501) off. The first MOS transistor (T1, T3, 505) has a first non-gate terminal (507) connected to receive a second
control signal (405, 455, 509), a gate terminal (511) connected to a
voltage source that supplies a
DC bias voltage, and a second non-gate terminal (513) connected to a first terminal (309, 311, 355, 515, 516) of the transistor switch (305, 353, 401, 451, 501) that is one of the source (311, 355, 515) of the transistor switch (305, 353, 401, 451, 501) and the drain (309, 359, 516) of the transistor switch (305, 353, 401, 451, 501). The second
control signal (405, 455, 509) has at least a first voltage state that is inversely related to the first voltage state of the first control
signal (307, 403, 453, 503) and a second voltage state that is inversely related to the second voltage state of the first control
signal (307, 403, 453, 503). The second MOS transistor (T2, T4, 517) has a first non-gate terminal (519) connected to receive the second control
signal (405, 455, 509); a gate terminal (521) connected to the
voltage source that supplies the
DC bias voltage; and a second non-gate terminal (523) connected to the first terminal of the transistor switch (305, 353, 401, 451, 501). When the first type is the NFET, then the
DC bias voltage is less than or equal to the first voltage state of the first control signal (307, 403, 453, 503) and greater than the second voltage state of the first control signal (307, 403, 453, 503); and when the first type is the PFET, then the
DC bias voltage is greater than or equal to the first voltage state of the first control signal (307, 403, 453, 503) and less than the second voltage state of the first control signal (307, 403, 453, 503).