Output driver with slew and skew rate control

Details Output driver with slew and skew rate control Output driver with slew and skew rate control

1994-11-18

1996-02-06

Callahan, Timothy P.

Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and

Signal converting, shaping, or generating

Current driver

326 83, 327530, H03K 300

Patent

active

054898625

ABSTRACT:
An output driver circuit for use with low voltage level, high speed data transmission busses which require slew and skew control of the output voltage transitions. An open collector output transistor has a controlled slew rate for both the high to low and low to high output transitions. The slew rate control is provided by controlling the slew rate of the base voltage of the output transistor in response to an input transition. A slew rate control circuit coupled to the output transistor includes a current source powered by a high stability bias generator, one or more output feedback circuits, an output level compensation circuit, and a base discharge circuit. The current source controls the amount of current available at the base of the open collector output transistor. The feedback circuits are used to control the initial voltage at the base of the output transistor, and the slew rate for the rising voltage at the base of the output transistor. The output level compensation circuit is used to vary the current into the base of the output driving transistor when the low output voltage level crosses certain predetermined thresholds. The discharge circuit is used to control the rise time when the output voltage transistors from a low to a high output level. The resulting circuit has a fast transition time in response to an input transition combined with a tightly controlled slew rates and skew. The output driver circuit described can meet the proposed specifications for the low voltage level, fast transition busses currently being developed.

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