Integrated circuit having a plurality of output drivers

An integrated circuit, comprising:

• one or more first output drivers and one or more second output drivers for driving signals from the integrated circuit;
• a first supply line segment connected to a first supply terminal to provide a supply voltage to the one or more first output drivers;
• a second supply line segment connected to a second supply terminal to provide the supply voltage to the one or more second output drivers;
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• a resistor connected between the first supply line segment and the second supply line segment, wherein the resistor has a resistance value selected to reflect line disturbances on at least one of the first and second supply line segments and wherein the resistor comprises a plurality of resistive strips.

An integrated circuit, comprising:

• a first output driver group having one or more first output drivers for driving signals from the integrated circuit;
• a second output driver group having one or more second output drivers for driving signals from the integrated circuit;
• a first supply line segment connected to a first supply terminal to provide a first supply voltage to the one or more first output drivers of the first output driver group;
• a second supply line segment connected to a second supply terminal to provide the first supply voltage to the one or more second output drivers of the second output driver group;
• a first resistor connected between the first supply line segment and the second supply line segment;
• a third supply line segment connected to a third supply terminal to provide a second supply voltage to the one or more first output drivers of the first output driver group;
• a fourth supply line segment connected to a fourth supply terminal to provide the second supply voltage to the one or more second output drivers of the second output driver group;
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• a second resistor connected between the third supply line segment and the fourth supply line segment, wherein the first and second supply line segments are disposed in a first metal layer of the integrated circuit and wherein the first resistor is disposed in a second metal layer.

An integrated circuit, comprising:

• a first output driver group having one or more first output drivers for driving signals from the integrated circuit;
• a second output driver group having one or more second output drivers for driving signals from the integrated circuit;
• a first supply line segment connected to a first supply terminal to provide a first supply voltage to the one or more first output drivers of the first output driver group;
• a second supply line segment connected to a second supply terminal to provide the first supply voltage to the one or more second output drivers of the second output driver group;
• a first resistor connected between the first supply line segment and the second supply line segment;
• a third supply line segment connected to a third supply terminal to provide a second supply voltage to the one or more first output drivers of the first output driver group;
• a fourth supply line segment connected to a fourth supply terminal to provide the second supply voltage to the one or more second output drivers of the second output driver group;
• and
• a second resistor connected between the third supply line segment and the fourth supply line segment, wherein the first resistor has a first resistance value selected to reflect line disturbances on at least one of the first and second supply line segments and wherein the second resistor has a second resistance value selected to reflect line disturbances on at least one of the third and fourth supply line segments and wherein the first resistor comprises a first plurality of resistive strips and the second resistor comprises a second plurality of resistive strips.

An integrated circuit, comprising:

• one or more first output driving means and one or more second output driving means for driving signals from the integrated circuit;
• a first supply line connected to a first supply terminal means for providing a supply voltage to the one or more first output driving means;
• a second supply line connected to a second supply terminal means for providing the supply voltage to the one or more second output driving means;
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• a means for resisting connected between the first supply line and the second supply line, wherein at least one of the first and second supply lines is disposed in a first interconnect layer of the integrated circuit and wherein the means for resisting is disposed in a second interconnect layer.

An integrated circuit, comprising:

• one or more first output driving means and one or more second output driving means for driving signals from the integrated circuit;
• a first supply line connected to a first supply terminal means for providing a supply voltage to the one or more first output driving means;
• a second supply line connected to a second supply terminal means for providing the supply voltage to the one or more second output driving means;
• and
• a means for resisting connected between the first supply line and the second supply line, wherein the means for resisting has a resistance value selected to reflect line disturbances on at least one of the first and second supply lines, and wherein the means for resisting comprises a plurality of resistive strips.