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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mann-Lu Yang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sinan Doluca, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ; H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307443 ; 307448 ; 307360 ; 307451 ;
Abstract
A preconditioning circuit for use with an output buffer. The invention includes circuitry for detecting the output level of the buffer and for increasing the output level of the buffer when the output thereof is below a predetermined level or decreasing the output level of the buffer when the output thereof is above a predetermined level.