Patent ID: 11967958
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
Field: Basic communication processes (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. An integrated circuit device, comprising:
a first integrated circuit portion comprising a first plurality of semiconductor devices and configured to generate an output signal at an output point;
a second integrated circuit portion comprising a second plurality of semiconductor devices and configured to receive signals at an input point;
a data communication path having an input end and an output end, the output end being connected to the input point of the second integrated circuit portion; and
a driving buffer comprising an input connected to the output point of the first integrated circuit portion, and an output connected to the input end of the data communication path, the driving buffer being configured to generate at the output of the driving buffer, substantially without using capacitively feedback, an output signal have a waveform with a stepped rising edge in response to a signal applied to the input of the driving buffer and having a waveform with a substantially straight rising edge, wherein the driving buffer further comprises a plurality of delay paths, each connected between the input and output of the driving buffer in parallel and being configured to delay an input signal by a respective amount of time, at least two of the delay paths being configured to delay the input signal by different amounts of time from each other.