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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:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
May. 02, 2006
Applicants:
Girolamo Gallo, Avezzano, IT;
Giulio Marotta, Contigliano, IT;
Giovanni Naso, Frosinone, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for adjusting the buffer strength of an output buffer to match its capacitive load use selectively enabled stages of a multiple stage output buffer. A user can opt for a default capacitive load, or adjust the strength by enabling one or more stages of the multiple stage output buffer.