Electronic digital logic circuitry – Interface – Current driving
Patent
1997-10-06
2000-03-07
Tokar, Michael
Electronic digital logic circuitry
Interface
Current driving
326 86, 326 83, 326 30, H03K 190175
Patent
active
060345519
ABSTRACT:
A low-voltage differential dual receiver for a SCSI bus uses a symmetrical driver by doing without a termination bias voltage. The data phase and protocol phase of SCSI communication are separated by using two receivers and optimizing each receiver for its particular function. A high-speed receiver is used when transmitting data at high-speeds, and a lower performance, low-speed receiver is used for other SCSI phases. A built-in offset allows the low-speed receiver to operate correctly during bus arbitration. The built-in offset in the low-speed receiver takes the place of the termination bias voltage in a traditional SCSI bus and is implemented in a variety of ways. In a first example, an N-well generation circuit produces a bulk voltage for one transistor of the differential transistor pair that is different than a supply voltage supplied to the bulk of the other transistor. In a second example, each of the transistors of the pair is implanted with a different dosage to change the threshold voltage for each. In a third example, resistors of different sizes are attached to the source of each transistor in the pair in order to produce a different voltage at each source. In a fourth example, two replica comparators are used to monitor an offset voltage of the differential receiver and to send control signals to an adjustable current source. The current source is adjusted by having an up-down counter switch on and off various legs of the current source.
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Adaptec, Inc.
Chang Daniel D.
Tokar Michael
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