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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2023
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Chin-Hua Wen, Miaoli County, TW;

Wen-Hung Huang, Hsinchu, TW;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/012 (2006.01); H03K 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/012 (2013.01); H03K 17/56 (2013.01);
Abstract

A semiconductor device and a method for operating the semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device includes a calibration device, an adjustment device and a driver. The calibration device is configured to continuously generate a first signal including a first number of bits. The adjustment device is configured to continuously receive the first signal and generate a second signal according to the last two bits of the first signal The second signal includes a second number of bits, and the second number is different from the first number. The driver is electrically coupled to the adjustment device, wherein an output resistance of the driver is controllable in response to the second signal.


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