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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1997
Wai Keung Tsang, Elk Grove, CA (US);
Harry Q Pon, Sacramento, CA (US);
Robert E Larsen, Shingle Springs, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A high-speed output buffer for a nonvolatile writeable memory is described. The high-speed output buffer receives signals from the nonvolatile writeable memory having a pair of logic levels. The high-speed output buffer provides output signals having a pair of logic levels that may differ from the pair of logic levels of the signal received from the nonvolatile writeable memory. The high-speed output buffer comprises two inverters, a pull-up device, and a circuit with a relatively low voltage drop. The circuit with the relatively low voltage drop causes the high-speed output buffer to receive signals having one pair of logic levels while providing high-speed output signals having another pair of logic levels which may differ from the pair of logic levels of the received signal. The high-speed output buffer is coupled to a different power supply output from the nonvolatile writeable memory. The high-speed output buffer uses input and output signals having logic levels compatible with complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology.