The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2003
Vladimir M. Stojanovic, Stanford, CA (US);
Andrew C. C. Ho, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Anthony Bessios, Fremont, CA (US);
Fred F. Chen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Elad Alon, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mark A. Horowitz, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Vladimir M. Stojanovic, Stanford, CA (US);
Andrew C. C. Ho, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Anthony Bessios, Fremont, CA (US);
Fred F. Chen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Elad Alon, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mark A. Horowitz, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Rambus, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
A signaling system having first and second sampling circuits and an output driver circuit. The first sampling circuit samples a first signal generated by the output driver circuit to determine whether the first signal exceeds a first threshold. The second sampling circuit samples the first signal to determine whether the first signal exceeds a second threshold. The drive strength of the output driver circuit is adjusted based, at least in part, on whether the first signal exceeds the first and second thresholds, and the second threshold is adjusted based, at least in part, on whether the first signal exceeds the second threshold.