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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2005
Applicants:
Elroy Lucero, San Jose, CA (US);
Khusrow Kiani, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Elroy Lucero, San Jose, CA (US);
Khusrow Kiani, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an I/O driver, noise reduction is achieved while maintaining good performance, by providing a conventional output driver leg and a secondary output driver leg, the primary output driver leg comprising a primary predriver and a primary output driver, and the secondary output driver leg comprising a secondary output driver having a common output with the primary output driver, wherein feedback from the common output is fed through a pair of pass gates that control the secondary output driver.