Driver circuit with reduced jitter between circuit domains

A circuit for coupling a logic signal from a circuit input to a circuit output, the circuit comprising:

• a parallel connection of a first circuit branch and a second circuit branch, wherein an inverter in the first circuit branch powered as last inverter in this branch via first supply terminals, via which a first supply potential and a first reference potential are supplied, and an inverter in the second circuit branch powered as first inverter in this circuit branch via second supply voltage terminals, via which a second supply potential and a second reference potential are supplied, receive the same logic value of the logic signal,
• wherein outputs of the two circuit branches are connected to each other and coupled to the circuit output,
• wherein the circuit is arranged on a chip, the chip having on-chip potential rails for guiding the first supply potential and the first reference potential,
• wherein there also are potential feeds for providing the second supply potential and the second reference potential on the chip,
• wherein the on-chip potential rails are separated from the potential feeds for providing the second supply potential and the second reference potential,
• wherein the first circuit branch consists of a series connection of n transmission stages configured to transmit a signal from the input of the first circuit branch to the output of the first circuit branch,
• wherein n>1;
• wherein the first m transmission stages, counted from the input of the first circuit branch, are coupled to the first supply potential and the first reference potential;
• wherein the last (n-m) transmission stages are coupled to the second supply potential and the second reference potential;
• wherein 0<m<n;
• wherein the second circuit branch consists of a series connection of q transmission stages configured to transmit a signal from an input of the second circuit branch to an output of the second circuit branch,
• wherein q>1;
• wherein the first p transmission stages, counted from the input of the second circuit branch, are coupled to the first supply potential and the first reference potential;
• wherein the last (q-p) transmission stages are coupled to the second supply potential and the second reference potential;
• and
• wherein 0<p<q.