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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Sang-yeon Byeon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Sang-Yeon Byeon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
Hynix Semiconductor Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 1/00 (2006.01); H03K 19/003 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/00361 (2013.01);
Abstract
A buffer circuit includes an amplification unit configured to amplify and output a difference between an input signal and a reference voltage; and a driver configured to drive an output node in response to the output of the amplification unit and be controlled in at least one of a pull-up driving strength and a pull-down driving strength at the output node in response to the reference voltage.