Electronic system including high performance backplane driver/re

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1996-11-14

1998-05-19

Santamauro, Jon

Electronic digital logic circuitry

Interface

Current driving

326 30, 326115, 327 53, H03K 190185, H03K 190948

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057540608

ABSTRACT:
An electronic system such as a Single-Chip-Module (SCM), a Multi-Chip-Module (MCM), or a Board-Level-Product (BLP) includes a plurality of units which are interconnected by a terminated transmission bus line. Each unit includes a CMOS circuit, a terminated bus line for signal transmission, and a driver/receiver circuit which is spaced from the CMOS circuit on a substrate. A guard ring is formed around at least a part of the CMOS circuit which faces the driver/receiver circuit. The driver/receiver circuit includes a driver for receiving an input logic signal from the CMOS circuit and inducing a corresponding signal onto the bus line, and a receiver for receiving an output signal from the bus line and providing a corresponding output logic signal to the CMOS circuit. The receiver includes a receiver transistor having a gate electrically connected to the bus line and producing a current in relation to the received signal, a comparator for comparing a voltage level of the received signal to a reference voltage level and for splitting the current into a first path having a current inversely proportional to the received signal and a second path having a current in proportion to the received signal, an output section for providing the CMOS logic signal at a first logic state when the current in the first path is greater than the current in the second path, and for providing the CMOS logic signal at a second logic state when the current in the first path is less than the current in the second path.

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