Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dual supply voltage power harvesting in an open drain transmitter circuit
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Application No.: US14984040Application Date: 2015-12-30
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Publication No.: US09647699B1Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Nitin Gupta , Tapas Nandy
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Schiphol
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Schiphol
- Agency: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
- Main IPC: H04K1/02
- IPC: H04K1/02 ; H04L25/03 ; H04L25/49 ; H04B1/04

Abstract:
A power harvesting circuit for use in an open drain transmitter circuit is configured to generate two distinct harvested supply voltages at different voltage levels along with two distinct cascode voltages at different voltage levels. The harvested supply voltages are used to power circuitry in the transmitter circuit. The cascode voltages are used to bias cascode transistors in the open drain circuitry for different channels.
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