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Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:

Peter D. Lapidus, Boulder, CO (US);

Assignee:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/716 ; H03K 1/90175 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/716 ; H03K 1/90175 ;
Abstract

There is disclosed a reduced noise line driver for driving a signal line in an integrated circuit. The reduced-noise line driver comprises: 1) an N-type transistor having a source coupled to ground and a drain coupled to the signal line; 2) a P-type transistor having a source coupled to a power supply rail and a drain coupled to the signal line; 3) a first controller having an input for receiving an incoming signal and an output coupled to a gate of the N-type transistor; and 4) a second controller having an input for receiving the incoming signal and an output coupled to a gate of the P-type transistor, wherein the first controller and the second controller selectively switch the N-type transistor and the P-type transistor ON and OFF such that the N-type transistor and the P-type transistor are never ON simultaneously.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Lapidus, Peter. (2004). Reduced noise line drivers and method of operation (U.S. Patent No. 6700401). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6700401

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