Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for high-speed drivers
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Application No.: US17450585Application Date: 2021-10-12
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Publication No.: US11640367B1Publication Date: 2023-05-02
- Inventor: Wei-Hung Chen
- Applicant: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Wilmington
- Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Wilmington
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F13/42
- IPC: G06F13/42

Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for high-speed drivers are provided herein. In certain embodiments, a high-speed driver multiplexes two or more data streams. The high-speed driver is implemented with a mux-then-driver topology that provides multiplexing in a predriver circuit. Thus, the multiplexer is eliminated from the full rate output path to relax timing. Driver amplitude control schemes are also disclosed in which a controllable driver includes a group of differential series source transistor (SST) driver slices that are connected in parallel with one another to drive a pair of output terminals, and a group of attenuator slices that are connected in parallel with one another across the pair of output terminals. Additionally, the controllable driver includes a control circuit that activates an attenuator slice for each SST driver slice that is decommissioned to provide output amplitude control.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230115318A1 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR HIGH-SPEED DRIVERS Public/Granted day:2023-04-13
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