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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:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2004
Jonathon C. Stiff, Beaverton, OR (US);
King H. Kwan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jonathon C. Stiff, Beaverton, OR (US);
King H. Kwan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus to reduce duty cycle distortion are described. The apparatus may include a first current-mode logic (CML) circuit block comprising a positive input and a negative input and a second CML circuit block coupled in series to the first CML circuit block. The second CML circuit block may comprise a positive output, a negative output and a first transistor coupled between the positive input and the positive output. The second transistor may be coupled between the negative input and the negative output of the second CML circuit block.