Back to results
US 7,119,580 B2Granted
Repeater circuit with high performance repeater mode and normal repeater mode
AssigneeTransmeta Corporation
InventorsRobert Paul Masleid, Vatsal Dholabhai, Steven Thomas Stoiber, Gurmeet Singh
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Repeater circuit with high performance repeater mode and normal repeater mode is provided and described. In one embodiment, switches are set to a first switch position to operate repeater circuit in the high performance repeater mode. In another embodiment, switches are set to a second switch position to operate the repeater circuit in the normal repeater mode.
Claims20
A repeater circuit comprising:
- an output
- a plurality of transistors;
- and
- a plurality of switches operative in a first switch position and in a second switch position, wherein said transistors and said switches are coupled to form a plurality of subcircuits, wherein if said switches are in said first switch position said subcircuits are arranged into a high performance repeater mode for generating a pulse at said output in response to an input edge transition, and wherein if said switches are in said second switch position said subcircuits are arranged into a normal repeater mode.
1 more element
A repeater circuit comprising:
- a keeper circuit comprising an input and an output;
- a rising edge drive circuit coupled to said input and said output of said keeper circuit and having a first plurality of switches operating in a first switch position;
- and
- a falling edge drive circuit coupled to said input and said output of said keeper circuit and having a second plurality of switches operating in a first switch position
- wherein if said switches are operated in a second switch position, said rising edge drive and falling edge drive circuits are converted into a double inverter circuit.
2 more elements
A method of operating a repeater circuit in multiple modes, said method comprising:
- inserting a plurality of switches in said repeater circuit;
- if operation in a high performance repeater mode is desired, setting said switches to a first switch position, wherein said high performance repeater mode enables generation of a pulse at an output of said repeater circuit in response to an input edge transition;
- and
- if operation in a normal repeater mode is desired, setting said switches to a second switch position.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.