摘要:
Disclosed herein is a level conversion circuit which operates at high speeds even at a low power-supply voltage. The level conversion circuit is largely constituted by an emitter follower section 101, an amplitude amplification section 102, and a level conversion section 103. The amplitude amplification section 102 is a differential amplifier constructed so that the gate of an N-channel MOS transistor M1 is connected to a node 001, the connection node 002 of the drain is connected to a high power-supply terminal VCC through a resistor R2, the source is connected to a node 004, the base of an N-channel MOS transistor M2 is connected to a reference power-supply terminal VR, the connection node 003 of the drain is connected to the high power-supply terminal VCC through a resistor R3, the source is connected to a node 004, the base of an NPN transistor Q4 is connected to a reference power-supply terminal VCSI, the collector is connected to the node 004, and the emitter is connected to the first low power-supply terminal GND1 through a resistor R4.
摘要:
A wordline driver has enable circuitry optimized for positive-going input transitions and disable circuitry optimized for transitions in a disable input which would cause the output to become disabled. The optimization is achieved by suitably dimensioning the transistors in the respective enable and disable circuits for suitable current-carrying ability.
摘要:
A receiver circuit provides a first stage having an input for receiving input signals and an output node. The first stage includes an amplifier. A second stage has an input coupled to the output of the first stage. The second stage includes a switching circuit coupled to the output node of the first stage for driving the input signals by favoring a rising edge or a falling edge in accordance with a control signal. The second stage also includes a feedback loop coupled to an output of the second stage. The feedback loop provides the control signal for switching the switching circuit to favor the rising edge or falling edge.