Controlled rise time output driver

A control slew rate output driver has a plurality of component drivers that are switched on in turn to provide an edge on the output. A control circuit provides a series of respective control signals component drivers, which are correspondingly switched on in turn. The control circuit takes a signal...

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Hauptverfasser: SIMPSON, RICHARD DAVID, MILTON, JONATHAN PAUL, FOREY, SIMON DENNIS
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A control slew rate output driver has a plurality of component drivers that are switched on in turn to provide an edge on the output. A control circuit provides a series of respective control signals component drivers, which are correspondingly switched on in turn. The control circuit takes a signal, preferably a data signal, and supplies it in parallel to a plurality of delay buffers, which delay the data signal by different amounts to produce the control signals for the component drivers.The delay buffers are voltage controlled and the control voltage for each is provided by a respective tap of a voltage divider. The current passed through the voltage divider can be changed to change the control voltages and, hence, the overall rise or fall time provided by the output driver.