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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1997
Sanjay Dabral, Milipitas, CA (US);
Dilip K Sampath, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alper Ilkbahar, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A buffer for enabling a signal to be applied to a bus. The buffer includes a first transistor coupled to a bus and a voltage supply. The logic buffer includes a first logic circuit which has an input coupled to receive a data signal and adapted to charge a terminal of the transistor at a first rate in response to a transition in the data signal. A second logic circuit charges the terminal at a faster rate during an initial transition period, until a first preselected condition is met. The buffer also includes a third logic circuit to charge the terminal at a second faster rate during a final transition period, after a second preselected condition is met. A method for controlling a voltage level of a signal applied to a terminal of a transistor includes charging the terminal at a fast rate until a first preselected condition is met. The terminal is then charged at a slower rate, until a second preselected condition is met, at which time the terminal is charged at a second fast rate, which is also greater than the slower rate.