Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Signal converting – shaping – or generating – Current driver
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-25
2011-01-25
Donovan, Lincoln (Department: 2816)
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Signal converting, shaping, or generating
Current driver
C327S170000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07876133
ABSTRACT:
An output driver circuit can include at least a first driver transistor having a source-drain path coupled between a first power supply node and an output node. A first variable current supply can generate a current having at least one component that is inversely proportional to a power supply voltage. A first driver switch element can be coupled in series with the first variable current supply between a gate of the at least first driver transistor and a second power supply node.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4636983 (1987-01-01), Young et al.
patent: 4785427 (1988-11-01), Young et al.
patent: 4845255 (1989-07-01), Iwahara et al.
patent: 4877978 (1989-10-01), Platt
patent: 4890065 (1989-12-01), Laletin
patent: 4918664 (1990-04-01), Platt
patent: 5124597 (1992-06-01), Stuebing et al.
patent: 5132936 (1992-07-01), Keswick et al.
patent: 5153450 (1992-10-01), Ruetz
patent: 5157282 (1992-10-01), Ong et al.
patent: 5162672 (1992-11-01), McMahan et al.
patent: 5315164 (1994-05-01), Broughton
patent: 5319252 (1994-06-01), Pierce et al.
patent: 5319258 (1994-06-01), Ruetz et al.
patent: 5345112 (1994-09-01), Nazarian et al.
patent: 5347183 (1994-09-01), Phelan
patent: 5361003 (1994-11-01), Roberts
patent: 5362997 (1994-11-01), Blocker
patent: 5381370 (1995-01-01), Lacey et al.
patent: 5383157 (1995-01-01), Phelan
patent: 5410191 (1995-04-01), Miure
patent: 5444406 (1995-08-01), Horne
patent: 5469558 (1995-11-01), Lieberman et al.
patent: 5489858 (1996-02-01), Pierce et al.
patent: 5512854 (1996-04-01), Park
patent: 5561792 (1996-10-01), Ganapathy
patent: 5563605 (1996-10-01), McEwan
patent: 5583457 (1996-12-01), Horiguchi et al.
patent: 5600271 (1997-02-01), Erickson et al.
patent: 5682114 (1997-10-01), Ohta
patent: 5708597 (1998-01-01), Kelem
patent: 5732027 (1998-03-01), Arcoleo et al.
patent: 5767736 (1998-06-01), Lakshmikumar et al.
patent: 5864506 (1999-01-01), Arcoleo et al.
patent: 5933025 (1999-08-01), Nance et al.
patent: 5933039 (1999-08-01), Hui et al.
patent: 5959479 (1999-09-01), Woodward
patent: 6055287 (2000-04-01), McEwan
patent: 6060922 (2000-05-01), Chow et al.
patent: 6107844 (2000-08-01), Berg et al.
patent: 6124741 (2000-09-01), Arcus
patent: 6167528 (2000-12-01), Arcoleo
patent: 6313682 (2001-11-01), Muller et al.
patent: 6414516 (2002-07-01), Labram et al.
patent: 6504666 (2003-01-01), Patti et al.
patent: 6580359 (2003-06-01), Tam
patent: 6680656 (2004-01-01), Chen
patent: 6734700 (2004-05-01), Chiu et al.
patent: 6762634 (2004-07-01), Hattori
patent: 6853227 (2005-02-01), Laletin
patent: 7130225 (2006-10-01), Terrovitis
patent: 7138841 (2006-11-01), Li et al.
patent: 7224195 (2007-05-01), Pilling et al.
patent: 7230466 (2007-06-01), Park
patent: 7233165 (2007-06-01), Jordy
patent: 7236018 (2007-06-01), Wang et al.
patent: 7248083 (2007-07-01), Chung
patent: 7274254 (2007-09-01), Hsieh
patent: 7279941 (2007-10-01), Yonezawa et al.
patent: 7321246 (2008-01-01), Nishimura
patent: 7323898 (2008-01-01), Sartschev
patent: 7330053 (2008-02-01), Brucke et al.
patent: 7332943 (2008-02-01), Botti et al.
patent: 7391239 (2008-06-01), Lenz
patent: 7427893 (2008-09-01), Liu et al.
patent: 7446597 (2008-11-01), Yu
patent: 7449940 (2008-11-01), Sunairi
patent: 7453928 (2008-11-01), Ten et al.
patent: 7474131 (2009-01-01), Hoffmann et al.
patent: 7477075 (2009-01-01), Kesselring
patent: 2002/0130684 (2002-09-01), Labram et al.
patent: 2005/0116737 (2005-06-01), Pentakota et al.
patent: 2006/0019619 (2006-01-01), Al-Shyoukh et al.
patent: 2006/0097764 (2006-05-01), Yeh
patent: 2007/0013411 (2007-01-01), Asaduzzaman et al.
patent: 2007/0120582 (2007-05-01), Chung et al.
patent: 2007/0182461 (2007-08-01), Harvey
patent: 2007/0182462 (2007-08-01), Lee
patent: 2007/0237265 (2007-10-01), Chang
patent: 2007/0290728 (2007-12-01), Tsai
patent: 2008/0018376 (2008-01-01), Godes
patent: 2008/0042734 (2008-02-01), Yu
patent: 2008/0054954 (2008-03-01), Sun
patent: 2008/0129348 (2008-06-01), Shau
patent: 2008/0226004 (2008-09-01), Oh
patent: 2008/0290909 (2008-11-01), Chung
patent: 2008/0290911 (2008-11-01), Williams
patent: 2008/0303558 (2008-12-01), Rho
patent: 0315473 (1989-05-01), None
Efendovich et al., “Multifrequency Zero-Jitter Delay-Locked Loop,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 29, No. 1, Jan. 1994, pp. 67-70; 4 pages.
USPTO Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 11/014,578 dated Jul. 20, 2006; 6 pages.
USPTO Non-Final Rejection for U.S. Appl. No. 11/014,578 dated Apr. 4, 2006; 6 pages.
USPTO Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 08/777,488 dated May 27, 1997; 1 page.
USPTO Non-Final Rejection for U.S. Appl. No. 08/777,488 dated Apr. 14, 1997; 3 pages.
USPTO Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 09/006,772 dated Sep. 28, 1998; 2 pages.
USPTO Non-Final Rejection for U.S. Appl. No. 09/006,772 dated May 18, 1998; 7 pages.
Griffin et al., “Memory 1996: Complete Coverage of DRAM, SRAM, EPROM, and Flash Memory ICs,” Chapter 7, “DRAM Technology, ” pp. 7-1 through 7-20, Integrated Circuit Engineering Corporation, 1996, 22 pages.
Griffin et al., “Memory 1996: Complete Coverage of DRAM, SRAM, EPROM, and Flash Memory ICs,” Chapter 8, “SRAM Technology,” pp. 8-1 through 8-18, Integrated Circuit Engineering Corporation, 1996; 20 pages.
Cypress Semiconductor, “Programmable Skew Clock Buffer (PSCB),” 1995, pp. 10-130 through 10-139; 13 pages.
USPTO Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 07/007,957 Jul. 5, 1988; 3 pages.
USPTO Non-Final Rejection for U.S. Appl. No. 07/007,957 dated Nov. 30, 1987; 3 pages.
USPTO Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 07/298,472 dated Jan. 3, 1990; 1 page.
USPTO Non-Final Rejection for U.S. Appl. No. 07/298,472 dated Oct. 17, 1989; 2 pages.
USPTO Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 07/675,021 dated Nov. 5, 1991; 2 pages.
USPTO Non-Final Rejection for U.S. Appl. No. 07/675,021 dated Jul. 2, 1991; 6 pages.
USPTO Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 07/682,571 dated Jun. 15, 1992; 1 page.
USPTO Final Rejection for U.S. Appl. No. 07/682,571 dated Mar. 26, 1992; 4 pages.
USPTO Non-Final Rejection for U.S. Appl. No. 07/682,571 dated Dec. 2, 1991; 4 pages.
USPTO Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 07/956,794 dated Mar. 17, 1994; 1 page.
USPTO Non-Final Rejection for U.S. Appl. No. 07/956,794 dated Sep. 7, 1993; 3 pages.
USPTO Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 08/103,449 dated Jul. 26, 1994; 1 page.
USPTO Non-Final Rejection for U.S. Appl. No. 08/103,449 dated Mar. 10, 1994; 4 pages.
USPTO Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 08/111,164 dated Jul. 12, 1994; 3 pages.
USPTO Non-Final Rejection for U.S. Appl. No. 08/111,164 dated Mar. 23, 1994; 3 pages.
USPTO Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 07/945,705 dated Mar. 30, 1994; 1 page.
USPTO Non-Final Rejection for U.S. Appl. No. 07/945,705 dated Oct. 15, 1993; 9 pages.
USPTO Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 07/991,568 dated May 20, 1994; 1 page.
USPTO Final Rejection for U.S. Appl. No. 07/991,568 dated Feb. 1, 1994; 5 pages.
USPTO Non-Final Rejection for U.S. Appl. No. 07/991,568 dated Oct. 5, 1993; 5 pages.
USPTO Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 07/246,634 dated Aug. 14, 1989; 1 page.
USPTO Non-Final Rejection for U.S. Appl. No. 07/246,634 dated Jun. 19, 1989; 3 pages.
Cypress Semiconductor, Cypress Data Book Memories DataCom FCT Logic PC Products, May 1995, pp. i-vii, 2-36 through 2-43, 2-227, 2-258 through 2-268, 6-1 through 6-15, and 6-74 though 6-84; 54 pages.
USPTO Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 08/576,081 dated Jan. 31, 2000; 1 page.
USPTO Non-Final Rejection for U.S. Appl. No. 08/576,081 dated Sep. 14, 1999; 7 pages.
USPTO Advisory Action for U.S. Appl. No. 08/576,081 dated Jul. 28, 1999; 1 page.
USPTO Final Rejection for U.S. Appl. No. 08/576,081 dated Apr. 12, 1999; 13 pages.
USPTO Non-Final Rejection for U.S. Appl. No. 08/576,081 dated Oct. 19, 1998; 9 pages.
USPTO Advisory Action for U.S. Appl. No. 08/576,081 dated Jul. 31, 1998; 1 page.
USPTO Final Rejection for U.S. Appl. No. 08/576,081 dated Apr. 22, 1998; 7 pages.
USPTO Non-Final Rejection for U.S. Appl. No. 08/576,081 dated Oct. 1, 1997;
Li Gabriel
McLaughlin Alan
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
Donovan Lincoln
Houston Adam D
LandOfFree
Output buffer circuit does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Output buffer circuit, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Output buffer circuit will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2656129