Patent ID: 8026959

Claim:
An integrated circuit, comprising: an input receiver circuit configured to receive an input signal and a reference signal and to generate first and second input control signals, wherein a respective level of the first and second input control signals is generated on the basis of a respective level of the input signal and of the reference signal such that a level profile of the first input control signal is complementary to a level profile of the second input control signal; a first comparator circuit configured to generate a first comparison signal on the basis of the levels of the first and second input control signals; a second comparator circuit configured to generate a second comparison signal on the basis of the levels of the first and second input control signals; an inverter circuit configured to generate an inverted second comparison signal from the second comparison signal; a delay circuit being configured to generate a delayed first comparison signal from the first comparison signal; a first amplifier circuit for generating a first amplified output signal from the delayed first comparison signal, the first amplified output signal being amplified with respect to the delayed first comparison signal; a second amplifier circuit including an input connected to an output of the inverter circuit for receiving the inverted second comparison signal and for generating a second amplified output signal from the inverted second comparison signal, the second amplified output signal being amplified with respect to the inverted second comparison signal, wherein level profiles of the first and second amplified output signals are not complementary and the first and second amplified output signals transition from a same first state to a same second state substantially simultaneously; and an output connection terminal connected to the outputs of the first and second amplifier circuits for generating a single, common output signal by superimposing the first and second amplified output signals.