Symmetric voltage follower buffer
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorRajendran Nair
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Abstract
A circuit including a signal input to receive a signal, a buffer circuit to receive the input signal and to generate a buffer circuit output, and a voltage following circuit to receive the signal input and to generate a voltage following output. The buffer circuit output and the voltage following circuit output are coupled to a circuit output node.
Claims25
A circuit comprising:
- a signal input to receive a signal;
- a buffer circuit to receive the signal input and to generate a buffer circuit output;
- and
- a voltage following circuit to receive the signal input and to generate a voltage following output wherein the buffer circuit output and the voltage following circuit output are coupled to a circuit output node.
A method of buffering an input signal comprising:
- receiving the input signal;
- generating an output signal to follow the voltage of the input signal;
- generating a buffered signal;
- and
- coupling the buffered signal to the output signal to generate a buffered output signal.
The method of claim 13 wherein generating the output signal comprises
- generating a high output signal when the input signal is high, and
- generating a low output signal when the input signal is low.
A means for buffering an input signal comprising:
- means for receiving the input signal;
- means for generating a output signal to follow the voltage of the input signal;
- means for generating a buffered signal;
- and
- means for coupling the buffered signal to the voltage following output signal to generate a buffered output signal.
A system comprising:
- a microprocessor comprising a circuit including
- a signal input to receive a signal;
- a buffer circuit to receive the signal input and to generate a buffer circuit output;
- and
- a voltage following circuit to receive the signal input and to generate a voltage following output wherein the buffer circuit output and the voltage following circuit output are coupled to a circuit output node.
A machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which when executed by a set of processors, cause said set of processors to perform the following:
- receive an input signal;
- generate an output signal to follow the voltage of the input signal;
- generate a buffered signal;
- and
- couple the buffered signal to the output signal to generate a buffered output signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.