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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2007
Christopher Wilson, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Daniel Alan Berkram, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Christopher Wilson, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Daniel Alan Berkram, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a pre-driver circuit comprises input circuitry connected to receive a digital input signal that alternates between an upper voltage rail and a lower voltage rail and to provide a first inverted signal that is an inversion of the digital input signal and a second inverted signal that is an inversion of the first inverted signal. The pre-driver circuit also includes actuation circuitry connected to be driven by the digital input signal, the first inverted signal, and the second inverted signal to produce a digital output signal that alternates between an upper limit that is less than the upper rail and a lower limit that is greater than the lower rail by at least an amount, wherein all transistors forming the actuation circuitry comprise a single channel type.