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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
May. 11, 2015
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Amr Amin Hafez Amin Abou-El-Sonoun, Irvine, CA (US);
Ramy Awad, Irvine, CA (US);
Mohammed Abdul-Latif, Irvine, CA (US);
Adesh Garg, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Henry Park, Irvine, CA (US);
Anand Jitendra Vasani, Irvine, CA (US);
Ullas Singh, Irvine, CA (US);
Namik Kemal Kocaman, San Clemente, CA (US);
Afshin Momtaz, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A low-power high-swing current-mode logic (CML) driver circuit includes a first differential-pair and a second differential-pair. The first differential-pair includes first transistors, and is coupled to a first voltage supply that supplies a first voltage. The second differential-pair includes second transistors, and a common node of the second differential-pair is coupled to a second voltage supply. The second voltage supply supplies a second voltage that is higher than the first voltage. Control terminals of the first transistors are coupled to control terminals of the second transistors to form input nodes of the driver circuit.