39 results about "Low voltage swing" patented technology

A memory module configuration has been developed, which employs multi-level sensing, low-voltage-swing differential signal paths, and array layout techniques to better optimize area / speed / power tradeoffs. In some configurations two-level sensing is employed with secondary sense amplifiers positioned toward a middle of the memory module with memory banks or submodules positioned therearound. Primary sense-amplifiers in the submodules or banks sense differential signals on local bit-lines spanning the corresponding submodule or bank and drive a low-voltage-swing differential signal onto global bit-lines that span a subset of the submodules or banks. The global bit-lines are sensed by secondary sense amplifiers that drive data outputs across a subset of the submodules or banks toward output circuits. In some configurations the memory module is divided into upper and lower portions with upper global bit-lines spanning the upper portion and lower global bit-lines spanning the lower portion. Corresponding upper and lower global bit-lines are disjoint and are sensed by corresponding upper and lower secondary sense amplifiers. By this arrangement, the minimum to maximum variation in access time between the different rows of the memory module is reduced. Moreover, smaller drivers and lower power is achieved by use of such a two-level arrangement. In particular, area reductions and power reductions are achieved for submodule- or bank-resident primary sense amplifiers.

A system having voltage level shifting capabilities, the system includes a logic circuit and a multiple level voltage supply circuit; wherein the logic circuit comprises at least one PMOS transistor and at least one NMOS transistor; wherein the logic circuit receives an input signal, receives a voltage supply signal from the multiple level voltage supply circuit, and outputs an output signal via a first node; wherein the input signal has a low voltage swing between a low level supply voltage and a rail voltage; wherein the output signal has a high voltage swing between a high level supply voltage and the rail voltage; and wherein the multiple level voltage supply circuit selects, in response to a level of the output signal, whether to provide to the supply node of the logic circuit a high level supply voltage or a low level supply voltage.

Low voltage swing techniques are provided for simultaneously reducing the active and standby mode power consumption and enhancing the noise immunity in domino logic circuits. One or both the upper and lower boundaries of the voltage swing at the dynamic node may be different from the upper and lower boundaries of the voltage swing at the output node. Further, the domino logic circuit may use dual Vt thereby reducing the short-circuit current during operation. Meanwhile, full voltage swing signals may be maintained at the inputs and outputs for high speed operation. The low swing circuit techniques are provided that modify the output voltage swing of a domino gate, thereby reducing the active mode power consumption.

A high voltage shift register stage which directly accepts low voltage clock signal inputs without using clock buffers. In particular, a shift register stage circuit is adapted to operate with a low voltage swing clock signal, with the stage circuit having a single state node, a, driven directly. This arrangement allows for reduced power consumption and higher operating speeds.

An apparatus comprising a low voltage swing (LVS) circuit having a plurality of alternating LVS pre-charging and evaluation phases and a select logic circuit coupled to the LVS circuit and responsive to a plurality of input data signals to generate a plurality of select signals for the LVS circuit. Each of the select signals occurs during one of the LVS evaluation phases and has a turning-on edge and a turning-off edge. The turning-off edge of each of the select signals is generated independent of the input data signals.

The invention discloses a three dimensional sonic logging data high-speed transmission device based on an LVDS (Low Voltage Differential Signaling) technology. Firstly, a ground control system issues control commands, a pinboard receives commands through an LAN (local area network) port and downloads the commands to a control panel through an Mcbsp (Multichannel Buffercd Scrial Port) interface, and command control and high-speed serial transmission of three dimensional logging sound wave data can be achieved by using an LVDS (Low Voltage Differential Signaling) interface. The LVDS communication interface technology refers that data transmission is performed by using extremely low voltage swing in a high-speed differential manner, has the advantages of low noise, excellent common mode inhibiting capability and low power consumption, and can integrate a circuit into a systematical IC (integrated circuit), thereby overcoming problems of far distance sonic logging data transmission, complex circuit working environment and high possibility of external interferences to three dimensional sonic logging signal, and high-speed date transmission between the control panel and the collection board can be accurately achieved in a real time manner.

Low voltage swing pad driver and receiver. A transmitter portion and a receiver portion are implemented within various devices that communicate using low voltage swing pads communicatively coupled via a trace. The transmitter portion of one device generates a current signal that is pushed / pulled to a low voltage swing pad and is then passed across the trace to another low voltage swing pad. The transmitter portion includes a current driver that outputs the current signal to the low voltage swing pads, and the receiver portion includes a trans-impedance amplifier that transforms the received current signal into a voltage signal. The low voltage swing pad driver and receiver generates a relatively low voltage swing when compared to CMOS full-scale voltage swings thereby significantly reducing the possibility of introducing any noise and / or distortion of data that is communicated via the interface.

A very low voltage swing is used to achieve very high data rates (up to 4 Gbps double data rate) at very low power consumption. A differential signaling approach is used for noise rejection, and a constant current approach also is used to minimize switching noise.

An apparatus comprising a low voltage swing (LVS) circuit having a plurality of alternating LVS pre-charging and evaluation phases and a select logic circuit coupled to the LVS circuit and responsive to a plurality of input data signals to generate a plurality of select signals for the LVS circuit. Each of the select signals occurs during one of the LVS evaluation phases and has a turning-on edge and a turning-off edge. The turning-off edge of each of the select signals is generated independent of the input data signals.

A low voltage swing bus analysis method using a static timing analysis (STA) tool, which provides simple and accurate timing analysis verification. The low voltage swing bus analysis method is used in a static timing analysis (STA) tool. The STA tool receives a design file which executes the timing verification program then extracts the timing model for each cell, present in a design file during execution of the timing verification program, and calculates a timing for each node. The STA tool extracts a timing model for a sense amplifying flip flop, among cells present in the design file during execution of the timing verification program, from execution of a subroutine and calculating a timing for each node connected to the sense amplifying flip flop. The STA tool outputs the calculated timings.

The invention relates to a display device having under-gate emitters, i.e. emitters where the gates (203) are arranged under the cathodes (205), beneath an insulating layer (204). In order to protect the emitters from a high electric field from an anode (A), an electron guidance element (207) is placed between the emitters and the anode. This allows a relatively low voltage swing to be used for controlling the electron emission from the emitters from the on-state to the off-state.

An apparatus includes a first circuit of a first type that couples an output node to a first power supply node in response to a first value of a control signal. The apparatus includes a second circuit of a second type to couple the output node to the first power supply node in response to a first value of a first signal having a first voltage swing. The apparatus includes a third circuit of the second type to couple the output node to a second power supply node in response to a second value of the first signal. The apparatus includes a control circuit that generates the control signal based on the first signal and an output signal on the output node. The first, second, and third circuits generate an output signal on the output node. The output signal has a second voltage swing less than the first voltage swing.

Reduced voltage swing signal path circuitry is provided that lowers the internal signaling power consumption of the interconnection resources of a programmable logic device. The reduced voltage swing signal path circuitry includes a reversed routing driver circuitry to limit the voltage range of the output signal of the driver circuitry.

Low voltage swing pad driver and receiver. A transmitter portion and a receiver portion are implemented within various devices that communicate using low voltage swing pads communicatively coupled via a trace. The transmitter portion of one device generates a current signal that is pushed / pulled to a low voltage swing pad and is then passed across the trace to another low voltage swing pad. The transmitter portion includes a current driver that outputs the current signal to the low voltage swing pads, and the receiver portion includes a trans-impedance amplifier that transforms the received current signal into a voltage signal. The low voltage swing pad driver and receiver generates a relatively low voltage swing when compared to CMOS full-scale voltage swings thereby significantly reducing the possibility of introducing any noise and / or distortion of data that is communicated via the interface.

The output of a commercially available integrated high gain differential amplifier that already has reasonable linearity is connected back to the (−) input to obtain the well known circuit configuration for a non-inverting amplifier, whose gain may be unity or greater, and whose linearity in response to the (+) input is to be improved. We operate the part with power supplies that are dynamically varied to always be the amplifier input+N volts and that input−N volts. This allows the part to remain a low voltage swing part (±N volts) even though the actual output might swing several times that ±N volts. It improves linearity because the part is almost always operating at nearly ‘the same operating point’ relative to the perceived power supplies. The dynamically tracking power supplies maybe obtained from plus and minus higher voltage work supplies and the use of symmetrical current mirrors to produce matched ±N volt offsets that are referenced to the input of the amplifier.