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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven J. Tinsley, Garland, TX (US);
Julie Hwang, Richardson, TX (US);
Mark W. Morgan, Allen, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/908 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/908 ;
Abstract
The output slew rate of a differential transmission line driver ( ) can be limited by suitably controlling signal slew rates ( ) at the control inputs (neg, pos) of the drive switches (M -M ) that control current flow through the load impedance (Rload) of the driver.