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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2001
Apparatus for on-chip reference voltage generator for receivers in high speed single-ended data link
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chung-Hsiao R. Wu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jyh-Ming Jong, Saratoga, CA (US);
Prabhansu Chakrabarti, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Leo Yuan, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/10 ;
Abstract
An on-chip DC voltage generator providing a marginable reference voltage signal is described. The present invention is a CMOS-based integrated circuit that generates a marginable reference voltage level. The present invention provides a process insensitive reference voltage signal and may be configured so as to generate a ground-bounce-noise free signal.