Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Buffer with active output impedance matching
- Patent Title (中): 具有有源输出阻抗匹配的缓冲器
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Application No.: US12604186Application Date: 2009-10-22
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Publication No.: US08410824B2Publication Date: 2013-04-02
- Inventor: Shahin Mehdizad Taleie , Jan Paul van der Wagt
- Applicant: Shahin Mehdizad Taleie , Jan Paul van der Wagt
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM, Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM, Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agent Ramin Mobarhan
- Main IPC: H03K3/00
- IPC: H03K3/00

Abstract:
Techniques for designing a buffer capable of working with low supply voltages, and having active output impedance matching capability to optimize power delivery to a wide range of loads. In an exemplary embodiment, cascode transistors are provided in a buffer architecture employing common-source transistors having unequal width-to-length ratios (W/L) and a resistance having a corresponding fixed ratio to the load. At least one of the cascode transistors may be dynamically biased to minimize a difference between the drain voltages of the common-source transistors. In a further exemplary embodiment, the output impedance of the buffer may be actively tuned by selectively enabling a set of tuning transistors coupled in parallel with the load. Further techniques for providing a calibration mode and an operation mode are described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100295581A1 BUFFER WITH ACTIVE OUTPUT IMPEDANCE MATCHING Public/Granted day:2010-11-25
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