Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electro-optical modulator interface
- Patent Title (中): 电光调制器接口
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Application No.: US14043547Application Date: 2013-10-01
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Publication No.: US09229250B2Publication Date: 2016-01-05
- Inventor: Gabriele Minoia , Salvatore Galeone , Enrico Stefano Temporiti Milani
- Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza (MB)
- Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
- Current Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza (MB)
- Agency: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.
- Priority: ITMI2012A1714 20121011
- Main IPC: H03K19/0175
- IPC: H03K19/0175 ; G02F1/01 ; H03K19/0185 ; G02F1/225

Abstract:
A relatively high-speed, high-efficiency CMOS two branch driver core that may operate under relatively low supply voltage may include thin oxide CMOS transistors configured to generate rail-to-rail output swings larger than twice a supply voltage and without exceeding safe operating area limits. Each of the two branches may include two stacked CMOS inverter pairs configured to drive a respective load capacitance coupled between respective CMOS inverter outputs, in phase opposition to the other branch. A pre-driver circuit input with a differential modulating signal may output two synchronous differential voltage drive signals of a swing of half of the supply voltage and DC-shifted by half of the supply voltage with respect to each other and that may be applied to the respective CMOS inverter inputs of the two branches.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140104666A1 ELECTRO-OPTICAL MODULATOR INTERFACE Public/Granted day:2014-04-17
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