发明名称 |
Low power off-chip driver circuit |
摘要 |
Power dissipation in an off-chip driver circuit is decreased by utilizing a selectively switched transistor to discharge the base of the output pull-down transistor, and by using a large resistance in the base current path for the first stage of the Darlington pull-up transistors. An additional transistor having a larger emitter area and coupled to a lower potential source is connected in parallel with the normal phase-splitter transistor to provide additional output current sinking capability, and a current mirror is connected to control the current through both the phase splitting transistor and the additional transistor to control the turn-on transition of the pull-down output transistor.
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申请公布号 |
US4585953(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1986.04.29 |
申请号 |
US19830515419 |
申请日期 |
1983.07.20 |
申请人 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION |
发明人 |
GAUDENZI, GENE J.;NORSWORTHY, JOHN P.;PHAN, NGHIA V.;REEDY, DENNIS C. |
分类号 |
H03K5/02;H03K17/04;H03K17/60;H03K17/615;H03K19/088;(IPC1-7):H03K17/60 |
主分类号 |
H03K5/02 |
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