Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Output driver for multi-level signaling
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Application No.: US15868797Application Date: 2018-01-11
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Publication No.: US10403337B2Publication Date: 2019-09-03
- Inventor: Justin D. Butterfield
- Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Holland & Hart LLP
- Main IPC: G11C7/12
- IPC: G11C7/12 ; H04L25/49 ; G11C7/02 ; G11C7/10 ; G11C11/56 ; G11C16/08 ; G11C16/26 ; G11C16/30 ; H04L25/02

Abstract:
A driver of a multi-level signaling interface is provided. The driver may be configured reduce noise in a multi-level signal (e.g., a pulse amplitude modulation signal) generated by the driver using switching components of different polarities. The driver may include a pull-up circuit and/or a pull-down circuit. The pull-up circuit and the pull-down circuit may include at least one switching component of a first polarity (e.g., nmos transistor) and at least one switching component of a second polarity different from the first polarity (e.g., pmos transistor). Such a configuration of pull-up and pull down circuits may generate a more linear relationship between an output current and an output voltage of an output of the driver, thereby improving one or more characteristics of the multi-level signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190043543A1 OUTPUT DRIVER FOR MULTI-LEVEL SIGNALING Public/Granted day:2019-02-07
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