摘要:
A differential amplifier is provided, incorporating negative hysteresis by automatic reference voltage adjustment. A delayed output signal is routed to a switch or multiplexer which functions to select one of two reference voltage levels, creating negative hysteresis. The delayed output signal is delayed by a series of inverters, which prevent certain embodiments of the invention from oscillating under some conditions. The two reference voltage levels are selected to be near the respective data signal input high and low signal voltage levels, but far enough from these levels so as not to be adversely affected by noise or other interference.
摘要:
A complementary input self-biased differential amplifier includes gain compensation devices. The gain compensation devices are in parallel with input transistors and are biased by a self-bias node. The gain control devices serve to keep current flowing in load devices when operating at common-mode extremes, thereby limiting the reduction in amplifier output impedance and limiting the corresponding reduction in differential-mode gain at common-mode extremes. The gain control devices also serve to reduce input stage transconductance near the center of the common-mode input voltage swing, thereby reducing differential-mode gain near the center of the swing, and reducing gain variations across the input common-mode range. The differential amplifier can include multiple input legs on either side of an input stage. Multiple legs allow multiple reference voltages to be compared to a data signal. A bidirectional data link utilizes the multiple reference inputs to remove an ambiguity created by the bidirectional data link.
摘要:
A differential amplifier has input and output terminals to generate a second signal at the output terminals for a first signal. The amplifier has feedback switches between the output terminals and the input terminals. Offset capacitors are coupled to the differential amplifier at the input terminals and reference voltages via charging switches to provide offsets for the first signal form the reference voltages via input switches.
摘要:
A system and method for encoding and receiving data is provided. The data is encoded as a pulse amplitude modulated signal such that the amplitude signals do not transition from the highest signal level to the lowest signal level and do not transition from the lowest signal level to the highest signal level. The encoding and decoding is performed in some embodiments via a lookup table, and in further embodiments is designed to minimize the step between sequential pulse amplitude modulated symbols.
摘要:
The invention provides, in an embodiment, an apparatus, method and means for unintrusively observing, echoing and reading signals transmitted by one of a bus and wireless communication, without disturbing electrical properties of the bus, without adding bus latency, and without adding signal discontinuities. In an aspect, a buffer having a trigger is coupled with a component that connects to a memory bus, the buffer echoes signals to an observability port, and a diagnostic device reads the echoed signals. In an aspect, the bus is one of a simultaneous bi-directional (SBD) bus having ternary logic levels, a single ended bus, a differential bus, an optically coupled bus, a chipset bus, a frontside bus, an input/output (I/O) bus, a peripheral component interface (PCI) bus, and an industry standard architecture (ISA) bus. In an aspect, the buffer echoes bus signals having frequencies between 500 MHz. and 5 GHz. In an aspect, the buffer echoes bus signals having frequencies of at least 5 GHz.
摘要:
In some embodiments, the invention involves a circuit including a first set of conductors to carry a current bit set and last bit set circuitry to hold and provide a last bit set. The circuit also includes drivers coupled to interconnect conductors to provide signals from the drivers to the interconnect conductors and an encoder to receive the last bit set and the current bit set and determine whether to provide the current bit set or an encoded version of the current bit set to the drivers.
摘要:
The invention provides an apparatus, method and means for capturing data. In an aspect, a differential and complementary input folded-cascode clocked amplifier is provided. In an aspect, the invention provides rail-to-rail input common-mode voltage range. In an aspect, the invention provides a setup/hold time window that is smaller than the setup/hold time window of a conventional clocked amplifier and a conventional input amplifier with a separate amplifier and latch. In an aspect, the invention provides high common-mode rejection as compared with conventional clocked sense amplifiers.
摘要:
A device includes a bus, a first transmitter connected to the bus and configured to transmit a first signal over the bus in a first frequency band, a second transmitter connected to the bus and configured to transmit a second signal over the bus in a second frequency band at the same time that the first transmitter is transmitting the first signal, a first receiver connected to the bus and configured to receive the first signal transmitted over the bus in the first frequency band, and a second receiver connected to the bus and configured to receive the second signal transmitted over the bus in the second frequency band. The first frequency band and the second frequency band occupy different portions of the frequency spectrum.
摘要:
A method for minimizing jitter using substantially matched, controlled, delay elements is disclosed. The method includes generating an internal loop-timing reference, and controlling elements outside of the loop with the internal loop-timing reference generated. In one embodiment the outside elements are substantially identical to those internal to the closed-loop. Controlled delay elements for preconditioning and distributing closed-loop inputs and outputs, using the same control reference used by internal loop elements are disclosed.
摘要:
In an electronic system having first and second logic devices, a free running on-chip clock signal is generated by the first logic device, where the signal has a frequency that is controlled to match that of a global free-running clock signal received by both devices. The on-chip clock signal is synchronized to a strobe signal received by the first device and that was transmitted in association with a data signal by the second device. A logic function is repeatedly performed as synchronized by the first clock signal, to repeatedly generate one or more bits from the data signal.