Integrated circuit resistor with passive breakdown protection circuit

    公开(公告)号:US11121206B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-14

    申请号:US16692349

    申请日:2019-11-22

    Abstract: An electrical device includes an integrated circuit having device circuitry, a passive breakdown protection circuit, and a resistor coupled to or included with the device circuitry. The resistor includes: a polysilicon layer coupled between a first terminal and a second terminal; an epitaxial layer terminal; and a buried layer terminal. The passive breakdown protection circuit is coupled between the second terminal and the epitaxial layer terminal. The passive breakdown protection circuit is also coupled between the epitaxial layer terminal and the buried layer terminal.

    Bus driver with rise/fall time control

    公开(公告)号:US11101794B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-24

    申请号:US16889939

    申请日:2020-06-02

    Abstract: A driver includes an open drain output transistor, a capacitor, a first current source, and first and second transistors. Upon assertion of a transmit signal to turn on the first transistor, a controller asserts a second control signal to turn on the second transistor responsive to a voltage of the capacitor being less than a threshold voltage of the open drain output transistor to thereby increase the control terminal voltage for the open drain output transistor at a first time rate. The controller deasserts the second control signal to turn off the second transistor responsive to the capacitor voltage exceeding the threshold voltage. Responsive to the capacitor's voltage exceeding the threshold, the first current source charges the capacitor to further increase the control terminal voltage at a second time rate that is smaller than the first time rate.

    BUS DRIVER WITH RISE/FALL TIME CONTROL
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190131967A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-02

    申请号:US15834599

    申请日:2017-12-07

    Abstract: A driver includes an open drain output transistor, a capacitor, a first current source, and first and second transistors. Upon assertion of a transmit signal to turn on the first transistor, a controller asserts a second control signal to turn on the second transistor responsive to a voltage of the capacitor being less than a threshold voltage of the open drain output transistor to thereby increase the gate voltage for the open drain output transistor at a first time rate. The controller deasserts the second control signal to turn off the second transistor responsive to the capacitor voltage exceeding the threshold voltage. Responsive to the capacitor's voltage exceeding the threshold, the first current source charges the capacitor to further increase the gate voltage at a second time rate that is smaller than the first time rate.

    Methods and apparatus to balance propagation delay and bus emissions in transceivers

    公开(公告)号:US12132481B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-29

    申请号:US17709734

    申请日:2022-03-31

    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to buffer an input voltage. An example apparatus includes first inverter circuitry to invert the input voltage and produce a first inverted voltage; second inverter circuitry coupled to the first inverter circuitry, the second inverter circuitry to invert the first inverted voltage and produce a second inverted voltage at a rate based on a first current controlled transistor; third inverter circuitry coupled to the second inverter circuitry, the third inverter circuitry to invert the second inverted voltage and produce a third inverted voltage at a rate based on a second current controlled transistor; and fourth inverter circuitry coupled to the third inverter circuitry, the fourth inverter circuitry to invert the third inverted voltage and produce an output voltage, wherein the output voltage matches the input voltage.

    Feedback Controlled High-Speed Transmitter
    7.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240146353A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-02

    申请号:US18081864

    申请日:2022-12-15

    Abstract: Differential signaling transmitter circuitry includes upper and lower driver stacks, each with at least one upper blocking transistor and a bias transistor, further includes first and second control loops. A first control loop includes a replica stack including replicas of the bias transistor and blocking transistors of a first one of the driver stacks, and a second control loop includes replica stacks, one with replicas of the bias and blocking transistors of the upper driver stack and one with replicas of the bias and blocking transistors of the lower driver stack. One of the replica stacks in the second control loop receives an output from the first control loop. First and second switching circuitry couples outputs of the first and second control loops to gates of bias transistor in the upper and lower driver stacks, respectively, responsive to a data signal.

    Overshoot current detection and correction circuit for electrical fast transient events

    公开(公告)号:US11870246B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-09

    申请号:US16411251

    申请日:2019-05-14

    Abstract: A positive overshoot detection circuit comprises a transistor coupled to a current mirror, a reference current source coupled to the current mirror, and a comparator coupled to the reference current source and the current mirror. The comparator output indicates whether the current mirror's current is greater than the reference current source's current. A control input and a current terminal of the transistor are coupled to a clamping circuit. A negative overshoot detection circuit comprises a biasing sub-circuit coupled to a transistor, a resistor coupled to the transistor, and a comparator coupled to the transistor and the resistor. The comparator output indicates whether the transistor is in an on or off state. The biasing sub-circuit is coupled to a clamping circuit. In some implementations, the comparator outputs from the positive and negative overshoot detection circuits are provided to a driver circuit, which modifies its operation.

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