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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2003
Huy M. Ngyuen, San Jose, CA (US);
Chanh V. Tran, San Jose, CA (US);
Huy M. Ngyuen, San Jose, CA (US);
Chanh V. Tran, San Jose, CA (US);
Rambus, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is an output driver having an output port for outputting a data signal, a level shifter for driving a current to the output port in response to a current control input, an adjustable impedance controller for generating an impedance adjustment signal; an output impedance compensator for adjusting the impedance of the level shifter in accordance with the impedance adjustment signal and in accordance with a reference voltage, and a tracking circuit, including a process and temperature monitor responsive to manufacturing process and temperature variations of the output driver, a frequency monitor responsive to the frequency of an input clock signal, and a voltage supply monitor responsive to an internal power supply voltage. The process and temperature monitor, frequency monitor and voltage supply monitor are interconnected so as to generate the reference voltage.