Integrated circuit communication techniques
US7439773B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 11, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 21, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L25/0272
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An semiconductor device, containing logic blocks and high speed connections between the blocks, where the connections utilize current direction for logic representation rather than voltage level. Such high speed connections comprise differential transmitters which drive a pair of adjacent wires with differential current pulses that are received by a differential receiver which may be put in a low power state between transmissions.
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