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Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 17, 2014
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, Hsin-Chu, TW;

Inventor:

Wei Chih Chen, Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/356 (2006.01); H03K 3/00 (2006.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01); H03M 9/00 (2006.01); H03K 19/0185 (2006.01); H03K 17/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/687 (2013.01); H03K 3/356113 (2013.01); H03K 3/356156 (2013.01); H03K 3/356173 (2013.01); H03K 17/102 (2013.01); H03K 19/018528 (2013.01); H03M 9/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A high-swing voltage mode driver is provided that is operably coupled to a Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) chip. The high-swing voltage mode driver can operate at a speed of 16 gigabits per second. The high-swing voltage mode driver comprises a thirteenth transistor that is configured to stabilize a voltage at a fifth node, where an output signal that is a negative differential signal exists. The high-swing voltage mode driver comprises a sixteenth transistor that is configured to stabilize a voltage at a sixth node, where an output signal that is a positive differential signal exists.


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