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Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 29, 2015
Applicant:

Rambus Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Brian S. Leibowitz, San Francisco, CA (US);

Michael D. Bucher, Carrboro, NC (US);

Lei Luo, Durham, NC (US);

Chaofeng Charlie Huang, San Jose, CA (US);

Amir Amirkhany, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Huy M. Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);

Hsuan-Jung (Bruce) Su, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

John Wilson, Raleigh, NC (US);

Assignee:

Rambus Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/10 (2006.01); G05F 1/46 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/462 (2013.01); G11C 5/147 (2013.01);
Abstract

An integrated circuit includes a voltage regulator to supply a regulated voltage and a data output that couples to an unterminated transmission line. The circuit draws a variable amount of power from the voltage regulator according to the data. The voltage regulator includes a first current generation circuit to provide a data transition-dependent current.


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