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Method and circuit for reconfiguring a buffer

US5736867A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 4, 1996
Grant dateApr 7, 1998
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Expiry dateJun 4, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K19/017581
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A reconfigurable buffer circuit capable of producing an active high or an active low output signal in accordance with a stored control parameter that is input to the buffer circuit. The reconfigurable buffer circuit has an output buffer that outputs a buffered output signal corresponding to an input signal. The reconfigurable buffer control circuit also has a control circuit that receives and stores an inputted control parameter, and receives at least one control signal from a control signal source. Based on the stored control parameter and the at least one control signal received from the control signal source, the control circuit produces the input signal.

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