Slew-rate control and waveshape adjusted drivers for improving signal integrity on multi-loads transmission line interconnects

摘要

A driver integrated circuit (IC) device. The driver device can include a front-end module, a pre-driver module, and a driver module coupled to a transmission line path. The pre-driver module can be coupled to the front-end module and can include one or more delay adjust capacitor modules, and one or more pull-down control modules. The driver module can be coupled to the pre-driver module, the driver module including one or more pull-down control logic modules. This driver device can configured in several implementations to provide control and programmability of a driver slew rate to maximize a signal integrity eye opening.