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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2002
Applicants:
Sudhakar Bobba, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tyler Thorp, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sudhakar Bobba, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tyler Thorp, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A technique for actively shielding a signal such that a signal driver of the signal only participates in discharge events is provided. Because the signal driver only participates in discharge events, the signal driver is non-interacting with respect to other driver devices. Shield wires are set such that an active transition on the signal causes a discharge of capacitance between the signal and the shield wires.