Electrical transmission or interconnection systems – Nonlinear reactor systems – Parametrons
Patent
1988-08-25
1989-09-05
Miller, Stanley D.
Electrical transmission or interconnection systems
Nonlinear reactor systems
Parametrons
307279, 307270, 3072722, 307289, 307475, 307585, H03L 500, H03K 329, H03K 326, H03K 17687
Patent
active
048641596
ABSTRACT:
When processing logic signals in ECL and CMOS circuitry it is necessary to adjust the logic levels when going from one type of circuitry to another. A problem which occurs is that smearing of a logic level occurs due to poor rise and fall times in a level adjusting amplifier. The rise and fall times can be improved by the level adjusting amplifier load circuit comprising the series connection of the source-drain paths of first and second N-channel transistors (20, 22), the parasitic capacitance of the drain of the first transistor (20) at a node (23), and by connecting the gate of the second transistor (22) to the node. In operation, when the first transistor (20) is non-conductive and the node (23) is charged, the second transistor (22) is operating in the triode or linear region of its characteristic in spite of its gate being at the voltage of the node. When the first transistor (20) is rendered conductive then both transistors (20, 22) are fully conductive and the starting discharge current is high. An amplifier including a symmetrical load is disclosed in FIG. 4.
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Franzblau Bernard
Miller Stanley D.
Phan Trong Q.
U.S. Philips Corporation
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