Data transmission circuit
View Patent ↗A data transmission circuit may include a first driving block configured to drive an output terminal for a first time in response to a data driving signal and a level of the output terminal, and a second driving block configured to drive the output terminal for a second time after the first time, in response to the data driving signal.
1. A data transmission circuit comprising:
a transmitter configured to increase a current leakage amount of an output terminal in response to a result of detecting whether a level of the output terminal is higher than a predetermined level, and thereby decreasing the level of the output terminal to the predetermined level; and
a receiver electrically coupled with the transmitter through a transmission line.
2. The data transmission circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the receiver is included in a controller outside a semiconductor apparatus including the transmitter, which instructs the semiconductor apparatus to input/output data.
3. The data transmission circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the receiver has an input terminal which is terminated to a level of a ground terminal through a termination resistor.
4. The data transmission circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitter comprises:
a driving block configured to drive the output terminal in response to a data driving signal; and
a compensation block configured to decrease the level of the output terminal by increasing the current leakage amount of the output terminal, when the data driving signal is activated and the level of the output terminal is higher than the predetermined level.
5. The data transmission circuit according to claim 4 , wherein the driving block comprises logic elements which are designed to have different threshold voltages from logic elements of the compensation block.
6. The data transmission circuit according to claim 4 ,
wherein the driving block and the compensation block comprise first type logic elements and second type logic elements, respectively, and
wherein the first type logic elements are designed to have relatively low threshold voltages when compared to the second type logic elements.
7. The data transmission circuit according to claim 4 , wherein the compensation block comprises:
a resistor having one end which is electrically coupled to the output terminal;
a first transistor electrically coupled between the other end of the resistor and a ground terminal; and
a second transistor electrically coupled between the output terminal and the ground terminal, and having a gate to which the one end of the resistor is electrically coupled.
8. The data transmission circuit according to claim 4 , wherein the compensation block is configured to increase the current leakage amount of the output terminal in response to a level of a voltage generated by copying current of the driving block by using the data driving signal and the result of detecting the level of the output terminal, and offset the increment in the level of the output terminal.
9. The data transmission circuit according to claim 8 , wherein the compensation block comprises:
a first transistor electrically coupled to a power supply terminal;
a resistor having one end which is electrically coupled to the first transistor and the other end which is electrically coupled to the ground terminal; and
a second transistor electrically coupled between the output terminal and the ground terminal, and having a gate to which the one end of the resistor is electrically coupled.