Invention Grant
US08125268B2 High performance input receiver circuit for reduced-swing inputs
有权
用于降低摆幅输入的高性能输入接收器电路
- Patent Title: High performance input receiver circuit for reduced-swing inputs
- Patent Title (中): 用于降低摆幅输入的高性能输入接收器电路
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Application No.: US12611264Application Date: 2009-11-03
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Publication No.: US08125268B2Publication Date: 2012-02-28
- Inventor: Dong Pan , Timothy B. Cowles
- Applicant: Dong Pan , Timothy B. Cowles
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- Main IPC: G06G7/12
- IPC: G06G7/12

Abstract:
An input buffer receiver circuit for electronic devices (e.g., memory chips) to receive and process reduced-swing and high bandwidth inputs to obtain “buffered” output signals therefrom with symmetrical rising and falling delays, and without additional current dissipation over previous receiver circuits, is disclosed. The receiver circuit may include two stages of differential amplifier pairs (i.e., a total of 4 separated differential amplifiers). The differential amplifiers in the first stage convert the single-ended input signal to a full-differential signal, which is then converted back to a single-ended output signal by the differential amplifier pair in the second stage. The output of a P-diff first stage may be connected to the input of an N-diff second stage and the output of an N-diff first stage may be connected to the input of a P-diff second stage thereby creating a “cross” coupled structure. Various current saving and biasing methods may also be employed to keep the operating current the same or lower than the previous receiver circuit designs. Because of the rules governing abstracts, this abstract should not be used to construe the claims.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100052777A1 High Performance Input Receiver Circuit For Reduced-Swing Inputs Public/Granted day:2010-03-04
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