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US 2018/0019709 A1Published application
Input/output cell
AssigneeNXP B.V.
InventorsHenricus Hubertus van den Berg, Michiel Alexander Hallie, Joannes Theodorus van der Heiden
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Abstract
An integrated circuit and method are provided. The integrated circuit comprises: a digital core configured to output a first voltage signal: and a first input/output cell: wherein the first input/output cell is configured to convert the first voltage signal to a first current signal and provide the first current signal to circuitry external to the integrated circuit.
Claims13
An integrated circuit comprising:
- a digital core configured to output a first voltage signal;
- and
- a first input/output cell;
- wherein the first input/output cell is configured to convert the first voltage signal to a first current signal and provide the first current signal to circuitry external to the integrated circuit.
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A method comprising:
- providing a first output voltage signal from a digital core to a first input/output cell;
- converting the first voltage signal to a first current signal by the first input/output cell;
- and
- providing the first current signal to circuitry external to the integrated circuit.
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An integrated circuit comprising:
- a digital core;
- a first input/output cell configured to receive a first current from circuitry external to the integrated circuit, convert the first current to a first voltage to be provided to the digital core.
method comprising:
- receiving by a first input/output cell, a first current signal from circuitry external to an integrated circuit;
- converting the first current signal to a first voltage signal by the first input/output cell;
- and
- providing the first voltage signal to a digital core.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.