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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ram Kumar Krishnamurthy, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Vivek De, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Krishnamurthy Soumyanath, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
326 83 ; 326 86 ; 326 56 ; 327391 ;
Abstract
A driver to provide low voltage swings on a bus with fast switching times, the driver comprising two pairs of pullup and pulldown nMOSFETs, each pair operated in complementary fashion to each other, each pair with a high voltage rail at a smaller voltage than the data input logic HIGH voltage, and where each substrate of the nMOSFETs are biased so as to reduce their threshold voltages.