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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2005
Yew-keong Chong, Duluth, GA (US);
David J. Klein, Duluth, GA (US);
Brian K. Butka, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Yew-Keong Chong, Duluth, GA (US);
David J. Klein, Duluth, GA (US);
Brian K. Butka, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Integrated Device Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Impedance-matched output driver circuits include a first totem pole driver stage and a second totem pole driver stage. The first totem pole driver stage includes at least one PMOS pull-up transistor and at least one NMOS pull-down transistor therein responsive to a first pull-up signal and a first pull-down signal, respectively. The second totem pole driver stage has at least one NMOS pull-up transistor and at least one PMOS pull-down transistor therein responsive to a second pull-up signal and second pull-down signal, respectively. The linearity of the output driver circuit is enhanced by including a first resistive element that extends between the first and second totem pole driver stages. The first resistive element has a first terminal, which is electrically coupled to drain terminals of the at least one PMOS pull-up transistor and the at least one NMOS pull-down transistor in the first totem pole driver stage, and a second terminal, which is electrically coupled to source terminals of the at least one NMOS pull-up transistor and the at least one PMOS pull-down transistor in the second totem pole driver stage.