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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2015
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Tao Wen Chung, San Jose, CA (US);
Chan-Hong Chern, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ming-Chieh Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
Chih-Chang Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Yuwen Swei, Fremont, CA (US);
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method of increasing a current flowing through an inductor includes receiving an input signal with a driver stage, the driver stage including the inductor coupled in series with a loading between an output node of the driver stage and a power line. In response to a transition in the input signal from a first voltage state to a second voltage state, a first current flowing through the loading and the inductor is increased. During the transition in the input signal, the current flowing through the inductor is increased by increasing a second current in a circuitry though a node between the inductor and the loading.