NMOS Data Output Port for Faster Storage Signal Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current semiconductor storage systems face challenges in achieving high data transmission rates, which are insufficient to meet increasing user demands.
Innovation Solution
The storage system incorporates a data port with a pull-up and pull-down unit, both comprising NMOS transistors, along with switch units and inverters, to facilitate efficient data transmission. The pull-up and pull-down units are designed to operate in a linear region, ensuring complementary signals are processed effectively, reducing signal conversion time and enhancing transmission speed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional data transmission structures are used, then the system structure is simple, but the data transmission rate is low
Solution Approach 1:
The data port is segmented into independent pull-up and pull-down units, each handling specific signal transitions. This segmentation allows parallel operation of the two units, enabling faster signal switching and higher data transmission rates while maintaining a modular structure that doesn't excessively increase overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs dynamic switching mechanisms where the pull-up and pull-down units are activated based on the required signal transition direction. This dynamic operation allows the data port to adaptively optimize its transmission speed for different data patterns, achieving high transmission rates without requiring a permanently complex structure for all operating conditions.
2Productivity
If signal conversion time is reduced, then data transmission rate increases, but signal stability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The pull-up and pull-down units are designed to preemptively prepare for signal transitions by maintaining readiness states. The pull-up unit prepares to raise the signal while the pull-down unit prepares to lower it, ensuring that when a transition is required, it occurs rapidly and predictably without compromising signal stability, thus achieving both high transmission rates and reliable signal integrity.
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AI summary
The present application provides a storage system including a data port. The data port includes a data output unit. The data output unit includes: a pull-up unit having a control terminal, a first terminal and a second terminal, a first input signal being inputted to the control terminal, the first terminal being electrically connected to a power supply, the second terminal being connected to an output terminal of the data output unit, and the pull-up unit being a first NMOS transistor; and a pull-down unit having a control terminal, a first terminal and a second terminal, a second input signal being inputted to the control terminal, the first terminal being electrically connected to a ground terminal, and the second terminal being connected to the output terminal of the data output unit.