发明名称 Apparatus for common mode suppression
摘要 An apparatus is provided that includes first and second ICs configured to communicate using a plurality of differential signal lines. The apparatus includes a common mode suppression circuit having a plurality of common mode voltage adjustment circuits, each configured to provide a low impedance path for common mode signals and a high impedance path for differential AC signaling, thereby suppressing the effect of common mode transients between the voltage domains. The plurality of common mode voltage adjustment circuits each have components that are impedance matched up to an impedance-tolerance specification. The common mode suppression circuit also includes an AC coupling circuit configured to be less dependent on impedance mismatch, beyond the impedance-tolerance specification, by cross coupling the impedance differentials from each of the differential signal lines through the AC coupling circuit and to one of the common mode voltage adjustment circuits.
申请公布号 US8896377(B1) 申请公布日期 2014.11.25
申请号 US201313904879 申请日期 2013.05.29
申请人 NXP B.V. 发明人 Shrestha Rameswor
分类号 H03F3/45;H02M3/06;H04M1/00 主分类号 H03F3/45
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. An apparatus comprising: an isolation barrier; a first integrated circuit; a second integrated circuit; a plurality of signal lines configured and arranged to carry information through the isolation barrier via differential signals, thereby conveying information between the first integrated circuit and the second integrated circuit; and a common mode suppression circuit coupled to the plurality of signal lines and including: a plurality of common mode voltage adjustment circuits, within the second integrated circuit and each configured and arranged to provide a low impedance path for common mode signals and a high impedance path for differential AC signals, thereby suppressing effects of common mode transients, the plurality of common mode voltage adjustment circuits each including components that are impedance matched to corresponding components in another of the plurality of common mode voltage adjustment circuits, the corresponding components being impedance matched up to an impedance-tolerance specification and each of the plurality of common mode voltage adjustment circuits electrically connected to a respective one of the plurality of signal lines; andan AC coupling circuit providing a plurality of AC signal paths, each of the plurality of AC signal paths having a node connected to a respective one of the plurality of common mode voltage adjustment circuits, the AC coupling circuit configured and arranged to be less dependent on impedance mismatch due to the corresponding components being mismatched, beyond the impedance-tolerance specification, by cross coupling the impedance differentials from each of the respective nodes through the AC coupling circuit and to another of the common mode voltage adjustment circuits.
地址 Eindhoven NL