Patent ID: 7355458
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
Classification: G11C

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting an electrical signal that includes a plurality of signal edge changes and a given period duration, the method comprising: providing an output driver circuit, the output driver circuit including a plurality of driver stages, wherein the driver stages include a first driver stage and a last driver stage, the driver stages are arranged in series with one another in terms of signal flow, and the electrical signal to be transmitted is supplied to an input of the first driver stage and is transmitted from an output of the last driver stage; selecting two driver stages of the output driver circuit and ascertaining the signal propagation time which the signal to be transmitted requires between the input of the one selected driver stage and the output of the other selected driver stage; and when the ascertained signal propagation time is at least equal to half the period duration of the signal which is to be transmitted, the electrical signal to be transmitted is delayed between the two selected driver stages such that a given signal edge change appears at the output of the other selected driver stage at a different time from other signal edge changes which follow the one given signal edge change in time and that appear at the output of the one selected driver stage and at the output of any other driver stage in the output driver circuit that is arranged between the two selected driver stages.