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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:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Russell Williams, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/716 ; H03K 1/90175 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/716 ; H03K 1/90175 ;
Abstract
A driver for a signal line provides a desired pull-up voltage, different from a natural supply voltage, and desired terminating impedance. The driver forms a controllable split terminator voltage divider.