Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Signal converting – shaping – or generating – Current driver
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-05
2006-12-05
Nu Ton, My-Trang (Department: 2816)
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Signal converting, shaping, or generating
Current driver
C327S112000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07145369
ABSTRACT:
One embodiment of the invention provides an output driver for an integrated circuit. The output driver has a driver circuit for driving an input signal onto an output line. The driver circuit is dimensioned in such a way as to supply a current intensity dependent on the input signal to be driven and/or a potential dependent on the input signal to be driven on the output line. The current value and/or the potential value lie in a current intensity range and/or potential range defined by a predetermined specification. The driver strength of the driver circuit may be set in accordance with a control signal. A measuring circuit is provided to measure the current intensity of the current flowing on the output line and/or the potential of the output line. A control circuit serves for setting the driver strength of the driver circuit so that the potential on the output line is set to a potential value and/or the current intensity is set to a current value, wherein the set potential value and the set current value may lie in a lower power range of the current intensity range and/or potential range prescribed by the specification.
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Infineon - Technologies AG
Nu Ton My-Trang
Patterson & Sheridan L.L.P.
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