Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Controlled rise time output driver
- Patent Title (中): 控制上升时间输出驱动器
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Application No.: US10223282Application Date: 2002-08-19
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Publication No.: US06747504B2Publication Date: 2004-06-08
- Inventor: Richard D. Simpson , Jonathan P. Milton , Simon D. Forey
- Applicant: Richard D. Simpson , Jonathan P. Milton , Simon D. Forey
- Priority: EP01310739 20011220
- Main IPC: H03K1728
- IPC: H03K1728

Abstract:
A control slew rate output driver has a plurality of component drivers that are switched on in turn to provide an edge on the output. A control circuit provides a series of respective control signals component drivers, which are correspondingly switched on in turn. The control circuit takes a signal, preferably a data signal, and supplies it in parallel to a plurality of delay buffers, which delay the data signal by different amounts to produce the control signals for the component drivers. The delay buffers are voltage controlled and the control voltage for each is provided by a respective tap of a voltage divider. The current passes through the voltage divider can be changed to change the control voltages and, hence, the overall rise or fall time provided by the output driver.
Public/Granted literature
- US20030117197A1 Controlled rise time output driver Public/Granted day:2003-06-26
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