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Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 27, 2014
Applicant:

Mstar Semiconductor, Inc., Hsinchu Hsien, TW;

Inventors:

Hsian-Feng Liu, Hsinchu County, TW;

Chun-Chia Chen, Hsinchu County, TW;

Hsin-Kuang Chen, Hsinchu County, TW;

Yao-Zhong Zhang, Shanghai, CN;

Assignee:

MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., Hsinchu Hsien, TW;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 5/00 (2006.01); H03K 19/0185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/018521 (2013.01);
Abstract

An output driver for driving a pad includes a pull-up circuit and a pull-down circuit. The pull-up circuit includes first, second and third first-type transistors. The first and second first-type transistors are commonly controlled by a first logic signal. The third first-type transistor is connected in parallel to the second first-type transistor. The pull-down circuit includes first, second and third second-type transistors. The first and second second-type transistors are commonly controlled by a second logic signal. The third second-type transistor is connected in parallel to the second second-type transistor. The pull-up circuit is configured such that a response speed of the first first-type transistor to the first logic signal is lower than that of the second first-type transistor to the first logic signal.


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