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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:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2001
Applicants:
Yongping Fan, Portland, OR (US);
Jeffrey E Smith, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Inventors:
Yongping Fan, Portland, OR (US);
Jeffrey E Smith, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/06 (2006.01); H03K 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An on-die termination resistor includes three transistors and a resistor. The resistor keeps at least one of the transistors from entering the saturation region and therefore improves the I-V characteristics of the termination resistor.