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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2001
Hideo Asano, Machida, JP;
Hiroshi Oshikawa, Fujisawa, JP;
Tatsuya Sakai, Yamato, JP;
Masahiko Sato, Yokohama, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The signal output device of the present invention comprises of a driver circuit and a controller. The signal sending method of the present invention sets any one of a plurality of the different sending rates. The method also includes setting a slew rate of the driver circuit to a standard value that is in accordance with the predetermined data transfer rate, thereby starting signal transmission. The next step involves determining whether or not a data transfer error occurrence rate is below a predetermined allowable threshold. Then, changes in the slew rate of the driver circuit are made if the data transfer error occurrence rate is determined to be over the allowable threshold. Next, a search for a slew rate value that can decrease the data transfer error occurrence rate below the allowable threshold or decrease the data transfer error occurrence rate is performed. The new slew rate value is set as a new standard value. Finally, the process ends by setting the new standard slew rate for the driver circuit if the slew rate value can decrease the data transfer error occurrence rate below the allowable threshold or decrease the data transfer error occurrence rate.