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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1989
Darrel D Donaldson, Lancaster, MA (US);
Richard B Gillett, Jr, Westford, MA (US);
Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA (US);
Abstract
A node includes logic circitry for transmitting and receiving data on a backplane bus. The driver in the transmitting logic in the node acts with the current source provided by the bus to decrease the transition time of the data transmitted onto the bus. A coupling resistor is included in the node for individually coupling the driver in the node to the bus for limiting voltage excursions on the bus and providing impedance matching between the node and bus and permitting driver overlap at the bus so that higher speed and lower power dissipation occurs. In the preferred embodiment, CMOS logic circuitry is utilized.