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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Tonmoy Shankar Mukherjee, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/00 (2006.01); H03K 17/567 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/567 (2013.01);
Abstract
A driver circuit includes an input drive stage, an output drive stage, and a transformer. The input drive stage is configured to receive a differential input signal, and amplify the differential input signal. The output drive stage is coupled to the input drive stage, and is configured to receive amplified differential input signal from the input drive stage, and to further amplify the amplified differential input signal. The transformer is configured to transfer current from the output drive stage to the input drive stage.