Data bus using open drain drivers and differential receivers tog

Details Data bus using open drain drivers and differential receivers tog Data bus using open drain drivers and differential receivers tog

1992-04-01

1994-05-10

Westin, Edward P.

Electrical transmission or interconnection systems

Nonlinear reactor systems

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307443, H03K 190175

Patent

active

053110811

ABSTRACT:
An open drain driver, differential receiver circuit for transmitting logic signals generated by metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) logic circuits over a data bus that uses distributed termination impedances. The distributed termination impedance values are chosen to minimize the data bus settling time both when a driver in a given module drives a signal consisting of alternating logic levels, as well as when two different drivers drive a given logic level in succession. Each open drain driver includes a multiplexor, a flip flop, an inverter stage, and a driver transistor. The multiplexor selects either a data signal to be transmitted or a deasserted data value to be passed to the input of the flip flop. The flip flop also accepts a test input, which sets the flip flop to a known state. As a result, no additional delay is inserted in the critical path between the rising edge of a flip flop clock input signal and the driver output. The companion differential receiver receives a reference voltage which is separately generated on each module, to permit the use of distributed power supplies while still adjusting for variations which may exist in a termination voltage from module to module.

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