Stacked FET receiver method and apparatus

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2006-02-14

2006-02-14

Vo, Nguyen T. (Department: 2685)

Telecommunications

Transmitter

Power control, power supply, or bias voltage supply

C455S343100, C455S117000, C455S217000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06999739

ABSTRACT:
A receiver method and apparatus is presented. Signals are received from a high-voltage environment to a low-voltage environment using low-voltage devices, such as low-voltage FETs. A reference stage (i.e., first stage) provides the reference point for an input signal that is received into a second stage. The reference stage works in conjunction with the second stage to control the output of the second stage. The reference stage and the second stage communicate through floating voltage signals. The output of the second stage is an inverted signal that floats. A third stage receives the inverted signals and corrects the signal to a baseline (i.e., adds gain to the signal). The signal is then clipped by a clipping stage (i.e., fourth stage). The clipping stage clips the high-voltage signal so that it will operate with the devices in the low-voltage environment. A fifth stage is then biased with a low voltage and the clipped signal is shifted downwards. Lastly, an inverter (i.e., sixth stage) receives the signal that has been shifted downward and outputs the signal to an output node.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5642072 (1997-06-01), Miyamoto et al.
patent: 5703500 (1997-12-01), Vo
patent: 6414521 (2002-07-01), Potter et al.

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