Balanced charge-recycling repeater link
Abstract
A balanced, charge-recycling repeater link is disclosed. The link includes a first set of segments operating in a first voltage domain and a second set of segments operating in a second voltage domain. The link is configured to transmit a first signal over at least one segment in the first set of segments and at least one other segment in the second set of segments. Each segment of the link includes at least one active circuit element configured to charge or discharge one or more corresponding interconnects within the link and a level shifter configured to shift the level of a signal on a last interconnect of the segment from the first voltage domain to the second voltage domain or the second voltage domain to the first voltage domain.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- NVIDIA Corp., Santa Clara, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1531397
- Patent Number(s):
- 10164638
- Application Number:
- 15/908,242
- Assignee:
- NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY H03K - PULSE TECHNIQUE
- DOE Contract Number:
- B609478; HR0011-13-3-0001
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2018-02-28
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Wilson, John Michael, Poulton, John W., Fojtik, Matthew Rudolph, and Gray, Carl Thomas. Balanced charge-recycling repeater link. United States: N. p., 2018.
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Wilson, John Michael, Poulton, John W., Fojtik, Matthew Rudolph, & Gray, Carl Thomas. Balanced charge-recycling repeater link. United States.
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"Balanced charge-recycling repeater link". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1531397.
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title = {Balanced charge-recycling repeater link},
author = {Wilson, John Michael and Poulton, John W. and Fojtik, Matthew Rudolph and Gray, Carl Thomas},
abstractNote = {A balanced, charge-recycling repeater link is disclosed. The link includes a first set of segments operating in a first voltage domain and a second set of segments operating in a second voltage domain. The link is configured to transmit a first signal over at least one segment in the first set of segments and at least one other segment in the second set of segments. Each segment of the link includes at least one active circuit element configured to charge or discharge one or more corresponding interconnects within the link and a level shifter configured to shift the level of a signal on a last interconnect of the segment from the first voltage domain to the second voltage domain or the second voltage domain to the first voltage domain.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {12}
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- Mueller, Gerhard; Hanson, David R.
- US Patent Document 6,307,397