A transmitter includes: a main pull-up driver suitable for pull-up driving an output node; and an auxiliary pull-up driver suitable for pull-up driving the output node based on a voltage of the output node, wherein the auxiliary pull-up driver compensates for non-linear driving current characteristics of the main pull-up driver.
1. A transmitter comprising:
a main pull-up driver suitable for pull-up driving an output node in response to a pull-up driving signal; and
an auxiliary pull-up driver comprising first and second PMOS transistors connected in series between a pull-up voltage terminal and the output node, wherein the first PMOS transistor is turned on/off in response to the pull-up driving signal and the second PMOS transistor is turned on/off in response to the output node.
2. The transmitter of claim 1 , further comprising:
a main pull-down driver suitable for pull-down driving the output node in response to a pull-down driving signal; and
an auxiliary pull-down driver comprising first and second NMOS transistors connected in series between a pull-down voltage terminal and the output node, wherein the first NMOS transistor is turned on/off in response to the pull-down driving signal and the second NMOS transistor is turned on/off in response to the output node.
3. The transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the main pull-up driver comprises a third PMOS transistor that pull-up drives the output node in response to the pull-up driving signal.
4. The transmitter of claim 3 , wherein the auxiliary pull-up driver further comprises:
a fourth PMOS transistor that transmits the voltage of the output node to a gate of the second PMOS transistor in response to the pull-up driving signal.
5. The transmitter of claim 2 , wherein the main pull-down driver comprises a third NMOS transistor that pull-down drives the output node in response to the pull-down driving signal.
6. The transmitter of claim 5 , wherein the auxiliary pull-down driver further comprises:
a fourth NMOS transistor that transmits the voltage of the output node to a gate of the second NMOS transistor in response to the pull-down driving signal.
7. A transmitter comprising:
a main pull-down driver suitable for pull-down driving an output node in response to a pull-down driving signal; and
an auxiliary pull-down driver comprising first and second NMOS transistors connected in series between a pull-down voltage terminal and the output node, wherein the first NMOS transistor is turned on/off in response to the pull-down driving signal and the second NMOS transistor is turned on/off in response to the output node.
8. The transmitter of claim 7 , wherein the main pull-down driver comprises a third NMOS transistor that pull-down drives the output node in response to the pull-down driving signal.
9. The transmitter of claim 8 , wherein the auxiliary pull-down driver further comprises:
a fourth NMOS transistor that transmits the voltage of the output node to a gate of the second NMOS transistor in response to the pull-down driving signal.
10. A transmitter comprising:
a first PMOS transistor suitable for pull-up driving an output node based on a pull-up driving signal;
a second PMOS transistor suitable for supplying a pull-up voltage based on the pull-up driving signal;
a third PMOS transistor suitable for pull-up driving the output node using the pull-up voltage supplied through the second PMOS transistor based on a voltage of the output node;
a first NMOS transistor suitable for pull-down driving the output node based on a pull-down driving signal;
a second NMOS transistor suitable for supplying a pull-down voltage based on the pull-down driving signal;
a third NMOS transistor suitable for pull-down driving the output node using the pull-down voltage supplied through the second NMOS transistor based on the voltage of the output node; and
a fourth PMOS transistor suitable for transmitting the voltage of the output node based on the pull-up driving signal.
11. The transmitter of claim 10 , further comprising a fourth NMOS transistor suitable for transmitting the voltage of the output node based on the pull-down driving signal.