Logic gate with controllable hysteresis and high frequency voltage controlled oscillator
AssigneeIntegrated Device Technology, Inc.
InventorDavid L. Campbell
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AssigneeIntegrated Device Technology, Inc.
InventorDavid L. Campbell
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A hysteresis circuit comprises a first logic section, a second logic section cascaded with the first logic section, and circuitry for controlling hysteresis threshold voltages of the hysteresis circuit. The hysteresis controlling circuitry conducts current from a source of a first supply voltage to the output lead of the first logic section during a low-to-high transition of an input voltage on an input terminal of the hysteresis circuit. The hysteresis controlling circuitry conducts current from the output lead of the first logic section to a source of a second supply voltage during a high-to-low transition of the input voltage on the input terminal of the hysteresis circuit. A clock generator integrated circuit chip employing the hysteresis circuit in a voltage controlled oscillator can generate squarewave signals of 150 MHz onto a plurality of output terminals when powered from approximately 3.3 volts throughout a 0 to 70 degree Celsius temperature range, a clock skew of less than 0.5 nanosecond existing between the squarewave signals on the output terminals.
A circuit having an input lead and an output lead, said circuit comprising:
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