Input buffer with automatic switching point adjustment...

Details Input buffer with automatic switching point adjustment... Input buffer with automatic switching point adjustment...

2006-12-26

2006-12-26

Nguyen, Ha Tran (Department: 2829)

Electricity: measuring and testing

Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components

Of individual circuit component or element

Reexamination Certificate

active

07154289

ABSTRACT:
An input buffer is presented for buffering an input signal having a voltage magnitude which alternates between a first voltage level and a second voltage level, where the first and second voltage levels may vary over time. In one embodiment, the input buffer includes a first and second detector circuits, an average generator circuit, and a differential amplifier. The first detector circuit receives the input signal and produces a first signal having a magnitude indicative of the first voltage level. The second detector circuit receives the input signal and produces a second signal having a magnitude indicative of the second voltage level. The average generator circuit receives the first and second signals, and uses the magnitudes of the first and second signals to produce a third signal having a magnitude indicative of a third voltage level substantially mid way between the first voltage level and the second voltage level. The third voltage level defines a variable an automatically adjusted “switching point”. The differential amplifier receives the input signal, the third signal, and a first and second power supply voltages. The differential amplifier amplifies a difference between the voltage magnitude of the input signal and the third voltage level in order to produce an output signal which alternates between the first and second power supply voltages. An integrated circuit is described including the input buffer coupled between one of a set of input/output pads and circuitry, wherein the circuitry may be synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM) circuitry.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3758792 (1973-09-01), Heuner et al.
patent: 4219152 (1980-08-01), Couch et al.

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