Controller area network bus driver and method for controlling driver
A driver and bus technology, applied in the field of controller area network bus transmitter
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[0021] figure 2 A modified CAN bus driver 40 is illustrated, wherein elements equivalent to those in FIG. 1 are designated with the same numerals. The driver 40 further includes a pull-up source follower 42 and a pull-down source follower 44 .
[0022] Pull-up source follower 42 includes an NMOS transistor 46 whose drain is coupled to supply voltage Vcc and whose source is coupled to the source of PMOS transistor 48 which acts as a protective high voltage cascode device. The drain of PMOS transistor 48 is coupled to high-side bus line 20 . The gate of PMOS transistor 48 is coupled to system ground to turn it on, and the gate of NMOS transistor 46 is coupled to receive the control voltage generated by ramp generator 50 .
[0023] Pull-down source follower 44 includes a PMOS transistor 52 whose drain is coupled to system ground and whose source is coupled to the source of NMOS transistor 54 which acts as a protective high voltage cascode device. The drain of NMOS transistor ...
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