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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2021
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Michael John Shay, Fairview, TX (US);
Jonathan Lee Valdez, Bedford, TX (US);
Kyle Edward Addington, Richardson, TX (US);
Padmakumar Menon Nambiyath, Richardson, TX (US);
Huang Huanzhang, Plano, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit includes first and second bus terminals, a pass-gate transistor, first and rising time accelerator (RTA) control circuits, and first and second falling time accelerator (FTA) control circuits. The pass-gate transistor couples between the first and second bus terminals. The first RTA control circuit couples to the first bus terminal, detects a rising edge on the first bus terminal, and accelerates the rising edge on the first bus terminal. The first FTA control circuit couples to the first bus terminal, detects a falling edge on the first bus terminal having a slope below a threshold, and accelerates the falling edge on the first bus terminal. The second RTA and FTA control circuits function similar to the first RTA and FTA control circuits but with respect to the second bus terminal.