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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2003
Applicants:
Anand Hariraj Udupa, Bangalore, IN;
Visvesvaraya Pentakota Appala, Bangalore, IN;
Inventors:
Anand Hariraj Udupa, Bangalore, IN;
Visvesvaraya Pentakota Appala, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/0948 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The rate at which the output of an output buffer changes is determined, and the strength of the output buffer is modified until the rate of change reaches a desired rate. The desired rate may be selected such that strength of the output buffer matches the then existing load. In other words, the strength may be only as much as needed to drive the then existing load. As a result, effects such as switching noise may be considerably reduced.