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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2006
Edoardo Prete, Dresden, DE;
Hans-peter Trost, Munich, DE;
Anthony Sanders, Haar, DE;
Dirk Scheideler, Munich, DE;
Georg Braun, Holzkirchen, DE;
Steve Wood, Munich, DE;
Richard Johannes Luyken, Munich, DE;
Edoardo Prete, Dresden, DE;
Hans-Peter Trost, Munich, DE;
Anthony Sanders, Haar, DE;
Dirk Scheideler, Munich, DE;
Georg Braun, Holzkirchen, DE;
Steve Wood, Munich, DE;
Richard Johannes Luyken, Munich, DE;
Qimonda AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for providing a signal for transmission via a signal line includes a controller circuit having an output for a signal indicating whether the signal line is or will be in an inactive state and a switching circuit coupled to the controller circuit and having an output coupled to the signal line. The output is switched between different signal levels, if the signal indicates that the signal line is in an inactive state.