IP Library Granted Patent US 9,979,398
Granted Patent B2
US 9,979,398 · App. 14/902,241 · Granted May 22, 2018

Buffer circuit and electronic device using same

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Patent No.
US 9,979,398
App. No.
14/902,241
Granted
May 22, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A buffer circuit includes a buffer group including an odd number of cascade buffers, where the buffers may be different from each other; a PMOS transistor and an NMOS transistor; where a source of the PMOS transistor is coupled to a power source, a drain thereof is connected to an output terminal of the buffer group, and a gate thereof is connected to an input terminal of the buffer group; a source of the NMOS transistor is coupled to ground, a drain thereof is connected to the output terminal of the buffer group, and a gate thereof is connected to the input terminal of the buffer group.

Claims (13)

1. A buffer circuit, comprising:

a first buffer and a buffer group including an odd number of cascaded buffers;

a PMOS transistor; and

an NMOS transistor;

wherein driving capabilities of the PMOS transistor and the NMOS transistor, respectively, are less than a driving capability of a buffer with a highest level in the buffer group;

wherein a source of the PMOS transistor is coupled to a power source, a drain thereof is connected to an output terminal of the buffer group, and a gate thereof is connected to both an input terminal of the buffer group and an output terminal of the first buffer; and

wherein a source of the NMOS transistor is coupled to ground, a drain thereof is connected to the output terminal of the buffer group, and a gate thereof is connected to both the input terminal of the buffer group and the output terminal of the first buffer.

2. The buffer circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the driving capabilities of the PMOS transistor and the NMOS transistor, respectively, are one half of the driving capability of the buffer with the highest level in the buffer group.

3. An electronic device, comprising the buffer circuit according to claim 2 .

4. An electronic device, comprising the buffer circuit according claim 1 .

5. The buffer circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the driving capabilities of the PMOS transistor and the NMOS transistor, respectively, are one quarter of the driving capability of the buffer with the highest level in the buffer group.

6. An electronic device, comprising the buffer circuit according to claim 5 .

7. The buffer circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the buffers are different from each other.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2024
From: CAPITAL MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: HERCULES MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069243/0589 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2015
From: MAI, RIFENG
To: CAPITAL MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037385/0623 →