Granted Patent B2

US 12,425,029 · App. 18/258,706 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Inventors: Zhi Li (Beijing, CN); Jianzhong Zhao (Beijing, CN); Yumei Zhou (Beijing, CN)

Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

H03K19/0175

Abstract

Claims (31)

1. A signal driving system with a constant slew rate, comprising:

a step voltage generation unit configured to provide multiplex arithmetic gradient voltage signals;

a multiplexer, wherein an input end of the multiplexer is connected to the step voltage generation unit to receive the multiplex arithmetic gradient voltage signals, and another input end of the multiplexer is connected to a control signal generation unit, and the multiplexer is configured to selectively output the multiplex arithmetic gradient voltage signals under a control of a control signal generated by the control signal generation unit;

a voltage following unit connected to the multiplexer, wherein the voltage following unit is configured to serve as an isolation and improve a driving ability; and

an output following unit connected to the voltage following unit, wherein the output following unit is configured to drive a subsequently-connected load unit.

2. The signal driving system with the constant slew rate according to claim 1 , wherein the step voltage generation unit comprises a current source, a plurality of equivalent resistances and a signal transistor module that are connected in series.

3. The signal driving system with the constant slew rate according to claim 2 , wherein a collector of the signal transistor module is connected to a base, and an emitter of the signal transistor module is grounded.

4. The signal driving system with the constant slew rate according to claim 3 , wherein the voltage following unit is an operational amplifier in a form of a voltage follower, and an input voltage of the voltage following unit is consistent with an output voltage of the voltage following unit.

5. The signal driving system with the constant slew rate according to claim 4 , wherein the output following unit is a current source biased emitter follower by a composed of a driving transistor module and a bias current source.

6. The signal driving system with the constant slew rate according to claim 5 , wherein an input end of the output following unit is connected to a base of the driving transistor module, an output end of the output following unit is connected to an emitter of the driving transistor module, and the output following unit has an ability of driving a heavy load.

7. The signal driving system with the constant slew rate according to claim 1 , wherein it is satisfied that a ratio M 1 /M 0 of a unit numerical value of the driving transistor module to a unit numerical value of the signal transistor module is equal to a ratio I 1 /I 0 of a current value of the bias current source and a current value of the current source, wherein,

M

1

M

0

=

I

1

I

0

,

so that an emitter junction voltage of the signal transistor module is the same as an emitter junction voltage of the driving transistor module.

8. The signal driving system with the constant slew rate according to claim 1 , wherein the control signal generation unit comprises a rising edge detection module, a falling edge detection module and a reversible counter, and the control signal required for the multiplexer is generated by detecting a rising edge of an input signal or a falling edge of the input signal.

9. The signal driving system with the constant slew rate according to claim 8 , wherein a number of equivalent resistors is n−1, when the rising edge of the input signal of the control signal generation unit arrives, a final output voltage signal of the signal driving system starts to increment from 0V with an increment step of Δ V, until the final output voltage signal is (n−1) Δ V, wherein a low level of the output voltage signal is 0V and a high level of the output voltage signal is (n−1) Δ V, and when n approaches infinity, a slew rate SlewRate of the output voltage signal is:

SlewRate

=

Δ

V

T

;

where T is a clock cycle, and the signal driving system is capable of acquiring output voltage signals with different slopes by providing parameters of the clock cycle, Δ V and n and a high-level voltage, so as to meet different application requirements.

Assignments (1)

Continuity (1)

References Cited (14)