Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Driver supporting multiple signaling modes
- Patent Title (中): 驱动程序支持多种信令模式
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Application No.: US13255844Application Date: 2010-05-07
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Publication No.: US08461882B2Publication Date: 2013-06-11
- Inventor: Ken Kun-Yung Chang , Kashinath Prabhu , Hae-Chang Lee
- Applicant: Ken Kun-Yung Chang , Kashinath Prabhu , Hae-Chang Lee
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Rambus Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rambus Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Silicon Edge Law Group LLP
- Agent Arthur J. Behiel
- International Application: PCT/US2010/034047 WO 20100507
- International Announcement: WO2010/129873 WO 20101111
- Main IPC: H03K3/00
- IPC: H03K3/00

Abstract:
A driver supports differential and single-ended signaling modes. Complementary transistors with a common tail node are provided with complementary input signals in the differential mode. A current source coupled to the tail node maintains a relatively high tail impedance and a constant tail current in the differential mode. The tail node is set to a low impedance in single-ended modes to decouple the two transistors, allowing them to amplify uncorrelated input signals. The current source thaws multiple current levels in the single-ended mode to compensate for changes in tail current that result from changes in the relative values of the uncorrelated data in the single-ended modes. A termination block provides termination resistance in the differential mode, pull-up transistors in a single-ended mode that employs push-pull drivers, and is omitted in a single-ended mode that lacks driver-side termination.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110316590A1 Driver Supporting Multiple Signaling Modes Public/Granted day:2011-12-29
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