Data output driver with substrate biasing producing high output gain
First Claim
1. A data output driver circuit, comprising:
- a first output transistor and a second output transistor having a first gate and a second gate, respectively, and receiving an input data signal at said first gate and a complementary data signal at said second gate, said input data signal and said complementary data signal being complementary to each other; and
constant voltage means for supplying a first signal at a first logic level to a bulk of said first output transistor when said input data signal is in a first state, and for supplying said first signal at a second logic level to said bulk of said first output transistor when said input data signal is in a second state;
wherein said constant voltage means comprises;
an input line connected to a gate of said first output transistor;
a pull-up transistor having a gate connected to said input line and having a channel connected in between a first potential terminal and said bulk of said first output resistor; and
a pull-down transistor having a gate connected to said input line and having a channel connected in between said bulk of said first output transistor and a second potential terminal.
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Abstract
The data output driver circuit producing high output gain, by controlling the voltage decline caused by body effect produced by a difference between bulk voltage and source voltage in the NMOS transistors connected in series, is disclosed. To obtain such a circuit, the data output driver circuit is provided with a constant voltage means 100 receiving the data from data output buffer and supplying a given voltage to the bulk of first output NMOS transistor 1. Consequently, through the constant voltage circuit 100, the voltage Vcc -Vth equal to the voltage of source of the pull-up transistor 5 is applied to the bulk of the pull-up transistor 5, and in other case, the voltage equal to the voltage between the bulk and the source of the first output transistor 1 is always kept by applying the ground voltage to the bulk of the pull-up transistor. Thus the inventive data output driver has high output gain without the influence caused by body effect. Also the data output driver circuit is applicable to all semiconductor elements and particularly to those semiconductor elements requiring high output gain with potential-low power source voltage.
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11 Claims
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1. A data output driver circuit, comprising:
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a first output transistor and a second output transistor having a first gate and a second gate, respectively, and receiving an input data signal at said first gate and a complementary data signal at said second gate, said input data signal and said complementary data signal being complementary to each other; and constant voltage means for supplying a first signal at a first logic level to a bulk of said first output transistor when said input data signal is in a first state, and for supplying said first signal at a second logic level to said bulk of said first output transistor when said input data signal is in a second state; wherein said constant voltage means comprises; an input line connected to a gate of said first output transistor; a pull-up transistor having a gate connected to said input line and having a channel connected in between a first potential terminal and said bulk of said first output resistor; and a pull-down transistor having a gate connected to said input line and having a channel connected in between said bulk of said first output transistor and a second potential terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11)
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3. A data output driver circuit, comprising:
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a first output transistor and a second output transistor having a first gate connected to a first input line and a second gate connected to a second input line, respectively, to receive an input data signal at said first gate and a complementary data signal at said second gate, wherein said input data signal and said complementary data signal are complementary; a pull-up transistor having a gate connected to said first input line and having a channel connected in between a source potential terminal and a bulk of said first output transistor; a pull-down transistor having a gate connected to one of said first input line and said second input line and having a channel connected in between said bulk of said first output transistor and a ground potential terminal; and bias means connected in between said first input line and a ground potential terminal, for supplying a bias voltage to said first input line when a potential of said first input line is lower than a given level. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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10. A data output driver circuit, comprising:
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a first output transistor and a second output transistor having a first gate and a second gate, respectively, and means for receiving a digital data signal at said first gate and a complementary data signal at said second gate, said digital data signal and said complementary data signal being complementary to each other; and constant voltage means for supplying an output signal exhibiting a logic low state to a bulk of said first output transistor when said digital data signal is in a logic low state, and for supplying said output signal exhibiting state a logic high state to said bulk of said first output transistor when said digital data signal is in a logic high state.
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