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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2009
Richard S. Ballantyne, Stittsville, CA;
Mark Paluszkiewicz, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Henry E. Styles, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Ralph D. Wittig, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Richard S. Ballantyne, Stittsville, CA;
Mark Paluszkiewicz, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Henry E. Styles, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Ralph D. Wittig, Menlo Park, CA (US);
XILINX, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an output driver is disclosed. The output driver has a first driving device (Q) that has a first terminal coupled to a bus line terminal, and a second driving device (Q) that has a first terminal coupled to the bus line terminal. The first driving device (Q) is configured to couple the bus line terminal to a reference voltage when activated by a first control signal, and the second driving device (Q) is configured to couple the bus line terminal to a first supply voltage (Vcc) when the second driving device (Q) is activated by a second control signal. The output driver also has a controller configured to activate the second control signal after the first control signal is deactivated. The second control signal remains active for a first fixed period of time.