Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Calibration devices for I/O driver circuits having switches biased differently for different temperatures
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Application No.: US15944813Application Date: 2018-04-04
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Publication No.: US10333497B1Publication Date: 2019-06-25
- Inventor: Anil Kumar , Mahbub Rashed , Sushama Davar , Navneet Jain
- Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
- Applicant Address: KY Grand Cayman
- Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
- Current Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
- Current Assignee Address: KY Grand Cayman
- Agency: Gibb & Riley, LLC
- Agent David A. Cain, Esq.
- Main IPC: H03K3/011
- IPC: H03K3/011 ; G06F13/10 ; H03K5/24

Abstract:
A calibration circuit is connected to an input/output driver, a voltage bias generator is connected to the calibration circuit and the input/output driver, and a temperature sensor is connected to the voltage bias generator. The calibration circuit and input/output driver each include a bank of resistors and corresponding switches. Bodies of the switches are connected to the voltage bias generator, and the switches are biased by a bias signal output from the voltage bias generator. The calibration circuit includes a comparator device connected to the switches and to a reference resistor. Activation and deactivation of selected ones of the switches is made to match the reference resistor. Also, the voltage bias generator adjusts the bias signal when a temperature change is sensed by the temperature sensor. Thus, the switches change current flow as the bias signal changes, without changing which of the switches are activated or deactivated.
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