Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-valued driver circuit
- Patent Title (中): 多值驱动电路
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Application No.: US13501451Application Date: 2009-10-13
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Publication No.: US08575961B2Publication Date: 2013-11-05
- Inventor: Shoji Kojima
- Applicant: Shoji Kojima
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Advantest Corporation
- Current Assignee: Advantest Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Ladas & Parry, LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2009/005330 WO 20091013
- International Announcement: WO2011/045830 WO 20110421
- Main IPC: H03K19/00
- IPC: H03K19/00 ; H04L27/04

Abstract:
A multi-valued driver circuit selectively outputs, to a transmission line, one from among multiple voltages according to a selection signal. A memory circuit stores setting data which define the respective levels of the multiple voltages. According to the selection signal, a selector circuit selects one from among the multiple setting data stored in the memory circuit. A Thevenin termination circuit outputs a voltage that corresponds to the upper M bits of the data thus selected by the selector circuit. An R-2R ladder circuit outputs a voltage that corresponds to the lower Nl bits of the data thus selected by the selector circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120201284A1 MULTI-VALUED DRIVER CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2012-08-09
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