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US 2006/0208771 A1Published application
Fan out buffer and method therefor
AssigneeSemiconductor Components Industries, LLC
InventorIra Baskett
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a fan out buffer has the inputs of a plurality of output followers connected to the output of a plurality of distribution gates.
Claims20
A fan-out buffer comprising:
- a first differential amplifier coupled to receive an input signal and responsively form a first output signal on a first output;
- a second differential amplifier coupled in parallel with the first differential amplifier to receive the input signal and responsively form a second output signal on a second output;
- and
- a first output follower coupled to the first differential amplifier to receive the first output signal and coupled to the second differential amplifier to receive the second output signal.
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A method of forming a fan-out buffer comprising:
- configuring a plurality of distribution gates to receive an input signal and configuring each distribution gate of the plurality of distribution gates to responsively form an output signal on an output of the distribution gate;
- and
- configuring a plurality of output followers to receive an output signal from the plurality of distribution gates and responsively form output signals of the fan-out buffer.
A method of forming a fan-out buffer comprising:
- forming a plurality of distribution gates having at least one output for each distribution gate;
- and
- coupling at least one output follower to receive an output signal from each distribution gate of the plurality of distribution gates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.