A novel PVT (Process, Voltage, Temperature) detection and compensation technique is proposed to automatically adjust the slew rate of a 2×VDD output buffer. The threshold voltage (Vth) of PMOSs and NMOSs varying with process, voltage, and temperature deviation could be detected, respectively. The proposed design is implemented using a typical 90 nm CMOS process to justify the performance. By adjusting output currents, the slew rate of output signal could be compensated over 38% and the maximum data rate with compensation is 345 MHz.
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