发明名称 PROGRAMMABLE IMPEDANCE TRANSMITTER FOR SERIAL COMMUNICATION
摘要 Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems for transmitting a data signal over one or more transmission lines. In one embodiment, a transmitter circuit includes a plurality of programmable impedance driver (PID) circuits coupled in parallel with one another to drive a data signal on a transmission line. The individual PID circuits may include a pull-up transistor to receive a pull-up signal, a pull-down transistor to receive a pull-down signal, and first and second resistors coupled in series with one another between the pull-up and pull-down transistors. An output contact may be coupled to a node between the first and second resistors to pass an output signal that is responsive to the pull-up and pull-down signals. The individual PID circuits may further include a switch transistor coupled in parallel with the first and second resistors, and a control contact coupled to the switch transistor to receive a control signal to switch the switch transistor on or off to control an impedance at the output contact.
申请公布号 US2015171829(A1) 申请公布日期 2015.06.18
申请号 US201314107993 申请日期 2013.12.16
申请人 Song Hongjiang;Song Yan 发明人 Song Hongjiang;Song Yan
分类号 H03H11/28;H03K17/687 主分类号 H03H11/28
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A circuit comprising: a pull-up transistor to receive a pull-up signal at a gate terminal of the pull-up transistor; a pull-down transistor to receive a pull-down signal at a gate terminal of the pull-down transistor; first and second resistors coupled in series with one another between the pull-up and pull-down transistors; an output contact coupled to a node between the first and second resistors to pass an output signal that is responsive to the pull-up and pull-down signals; a switch transistor coupled in parallel with the first and second resistors; and a control contact coupled to a gate terminal of the switch transistor to receive a control signal to switch the switch transistor on or off to control an impedance at the output contact.
地址 Mesa AZ US