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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2008
Applicants:

Carrie E. Cox, Apex, NC (US);

Hayden C. Cranford, Jr., Cary, NC (US);

Kenneth J. Shaw, Essex Junction, VT (US);

Marc R. Turcotte, Jericho, VT (US);

Inventors:

Carrie E. Cox, Apex, NC (US);

Hayden C. Cranford, Jr., Cary, NC (US);

Kenneth J. Shaw, Essex Junction, VT (US);

Marc R. Turcotte, Jericho, VT (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/0175 (2006.01); H04L 25/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An (SST) driver circuit having additional circuitry for minimizing data-dependent jitter in the SST driver and increasing frequency amplitude in the SST driver. The additional circuity comprises a plurality of switches configured to be turned on or pulsed on momentarily during operation to discharge a node in the SST output stage for the purpose of removing the stored charge before the next transition cycle of the output stage.


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