Invention Application
- Patent Title: SWITCHABLE TERMINATION WITH MULTIPLE IMPEDANCE SELECTIONS
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Application No.: US15493495Application Date: 2017-04-21
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Publication No.: US20170310306A1Publication Date: 2017-10-26
- Inventor: Steven TANGHE , Ciaran J. BRENNAN
- Applicant: LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Main IPC: H03H11/30
- IPC: H03H11/30 ; H03K17/689 ; H02M3/07 ; H03K19/0175 ; H01L27/02

Abstract:
Multiple termination impedance values are provided in a switchable termination circuit so as to accommodate multiple transmission line characteristics. In one example, a termination matching circuit includes first and second nodes, a series interconnection of a first switch and a first impedance coupled between the first and second nodes, and another series interconnection of a second switch and a second impedance coupled between the first and second nodes. First and second control circuits respectively control the first and second switches such that a selectable impedance is provided between the first and second nodes through selective activation of the first and second switch devices by the first and second control circuits. In another example, additional nodes and resistors are provided to provide further termination impedance values.
Public/Granted literature
- US09960752B2 Switchable termination with multiple impedance selections Public/Granted day:2018-05-01
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