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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Zahid Ahsanullah, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/716 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/716 ;
Abstract
A buffer driver, driving signals with edge transitions onto a transmission line is controlled to improve slew rate and glitch termination by controlling the driver to have a low impedance during a period when edge transitions are taking place, and upon cessation of edge transitions, controlling the driver to have a high impedance.