DIFFERENTIAL OUTPUT DRIVER AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:JPH1065515A

    公开(公告)日:1998-03-06

    申请号:JP13081697

    申请日:1997-05-21

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a signal transmission system by matching an operation parameter of lots of output drivers stably so as to provide signal transmission controlled with high reliability. SOLUTION: A plurality of differential output drivers 30 are connected to a reference current generator 20, each output driver 30 receives almost the same copy of a reference current signal to control one operating parameter or over of each output driver 30. Lots of copies of the reference current signal are generated in the same area of an integrated circuit chip 11 thereby producing fluctuation of the respective copies of the reference current signal to minimize the process fluctuation in the chip. Each output driver 30 has a differential pair transistors (TRs) connected to ground or a power supply via a common mode resistor and the common mode resistor controls a common mode component of the driver output independently of an output voltage swing.

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