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US 2014/0232583 A1Published application
Apparatus for generating digital thermometer codes
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorRicky L. Pettit
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Abstract
Described is an apparatus for generating a thermometer code, the apparatus comprises: a 2-bit bi-directional shift register; and more than two multiplexers operable to form storage units and coupled together in a chain to generate the thermometer code, the more than two multiplexers controlled by outputs of the 2-bit bi-directional shift register.
Claims20
An apparatus for generating a thermometer code, the apparatus comprising:
- a 2-bit bi-directional shift register;
- and
- more than two multiplexers operable to form storage units and coupled together in a chain to generate the thermometer code, the more than two multiplexers controlled by outputs of the 2-bit bi-directional shift register.
An apparatus comprising:
- a 2-bit bi-directional shift register to generate first and second select signals according to first and second input signals;
- and
- a plurality of multiplexers controllable by the first and second select signals, the plurality of multiplexers to generate a pseudo-thermometer code according to the first and second select signals.
A system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor, coupled to a memory, the processor having a input-output (I/O) driver to communicate with another processor, the I/O driver having an impedance controllable by a plurality of transistors, wherein the plurality of transistors to receive a thermometer code generated by a logic comprising:
- a 2-bit bi-directional shift register;
- and
- more than two multiplexers operable to form storage units and coupled together in a chain to generate the thermometer code, the more than two multiplexers controlled by outputs of the 2-bit bi-directional shift register.
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