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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chit-Ah Mak, Fremont, CA (US);
Bingda B. Wang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Eric West, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert A. Olah, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lightspeed Semiconductor Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/22 ;
Abstract
A differential receiver having a pair of cross-coupled signal conditioning devices improves transition time and data signal integrity. In an embodiment, the differential receiver includes two signal input nodes and a plurality of transistors, and two signal output nodes. The pair of cross-coupled signal conditioning devices are coupled to the transistors and function to reduce voltage swing between the two output nodes, thereby keeping the transistors in a saturation region.