Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bimodal impedance matching terminators
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Application No.: US16134811Application Date: 2018-09-18
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Publication No.: US10592458B1Publication Date: 2020-03-17
- Inventor: Hao Shi , Gary S. Thomason , Abhilash Rajagopal , Jason W. Leung , Koussalya Balasubramanian , Venus Kumar
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent Michael H. Lyons
- Main IPC: H03K17/16
- IPC: H03K17/16 ; H03K19/003 ; G06F13/40 ; H04L25/02 ; H01R13/646

Abstract:
A data network may include a data bus and network nodes. The data bus may be a differential data bus having first and second differential signal lines that convey differential signals between the nodes. A bimodal impedance terminator may be coupled to the first and second differential signal lines at one or both ends of the data bus. The bimodal impedance terminator may include a first resistor coupled between the first differential signal line and a circuit node and a second resistor coupled between the second differential signal line and the circuit node. A capacitor may be coupled between the circuit node and ground. A third resistor may be coupled between the circuit node and ground in series with the capacitor. The bimodal impedance terminator may terminate both the differential-mode impedance and the common-mode impedance of the data bus to reduce signal reflections at the ends of the data bus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200089643A1 Bimodal Impedance Matching Terminators Public/Granted day:2020-03-19
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