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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2010
Jae-sun Seo, White Plains, NY (US);
Ronald Ho, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert J. Drost, Los Altos, CA (US);
Robert D. Hopkins, Hayward, CA (US);
Jae-sun Seo, White Plains, NY (US);
Ronald Ho, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert J. Drost, Los Altos, CA (US);
Robert D. Hopkins, Hayward, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Some embodiments of the present invention provide techniques and systems for high-bandwidth on-chip communication. During operation, the system receives an input voltage signal which is to be transmitted over a wire in a chip. The system then generates one or more modified voltage signals from the input voltage signal. Next, the system drives each of the voltage signals (i.e., the input voltage signal and the one or more modified voltage signals) through a respective capacitor. The system then combines the output signals from the capacitors to obtain a combined voltage signal. Next, the system transmits the combined voltage signal over the wire. The transmitted signals can then be received by a hysteresis receiver which is coupled to the wire through a coupling capacitor.