发明名称 Multilevel driver for high speed chip-to-chip communications
摘要 Transmission line driver systems are described which are comprised of multiple paralleled driver elements. The paralleled structure allows efficient generation of multiple output signal levels with adjustable output amplitude, optionally including Finite Impulse Response signal shaping and skew pre-compensation.
申请公布号 US9112550(B1) 申请公布日期 2015.08.18
申请号 US201414315306 申请日期 2014.06.25
申请人 KANDOU LABS, SA 发明人 Ulrich Roger
分类号 H04B3/04;H03K19/0185;H03K19/00;H04L25/49 主分类号 H04B3/04
代理机构 Invention Mine LLC 代理人 Invention Mine LLC
主权项 1. A signal generator comprising: digital delay circuitry having a delay input and a plurality of output taps, including at least a main tap and a delayed tap; a plurality of driver slices arranged in parallel, each driver slice having a digital driver input and a slice output, each driver slice being operative to generate a signal at a signal level determined by the digital driver input, and wherein each driver slice comprises: a plurality of resistive elements having a first and a second end, the first end of each of the resistive elements being connected to the driver slice output; andfor each resistive element, a voltage switching circuit connected to the second end of the resistive element, the voltage switching circuit configured to selectively couple the second end of the resistive element to a respective constant-voltage node in a group of at least two constant-voltage nodes, the voltage switching circuit being controlled by the digital driver input; a common output node connected to the slice outputs; and for each of the driver slices, a pre-driver switching circuit operative to selectively couple the digital input of the respective driver slice to one of a group of driver input sources, the group of driver input sources including at least the main tap and the delayed tap.
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