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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
PMC-Sierra, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/716 ; H03K 1/9094 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/716 ; H03K 1/9094 ;
Abstract
Circuits and devices for an efficient, mixed voltage/current mode output driver. An output driver circuit includes a series terminated voltage mode driver circuit parallel with a current mode driver circuit. The output driver allows for a highly efficient driver but with an easily controllable output. It can be used for driving single ended or doubly terminated transmission lines.