Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Impedance matching and trimming apparatuses and methods using programmable resistance devices
- Patent Title (中): 使用可编程电阻器件的阻抗匹配和修整设备和方法
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Application No.: US11591734Application Date: 2006-11-02
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Publication No.: US08222917B2Publication Date: 2012-07-17
- Inventor: Antonietta Oliva , Louis Charles Kordus , Vei-Han Chan
- Applicant: Antonietta Oliva , Louis Charles Kordus , Vei-Han Chan
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Agate Logic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Agate Logic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: JW Law Group
- Agent James M. Wu
- Main IPC: H03K17/16
- IPC: H03K17/16 ; H03K19/003

Abstract:
Impedance matching and trimming apparatuses and methods using programmable resistance devices. According to one exemplary embodiment, the impedance matching circuit includes a programmable resistance element, a comparator, a resistor divider having a common node coupled to a first input of the comparator, and an impedance element control circuit coupled between an output of the comparator and the programmable resistance element. The programmable resistance element includes one or more programmable resistance devices (PRDs). Programmed resistances of the programmable resistance element combine with the resistance of an external reference resistor to provide an impedance matched termination. A change in the resistance of the termination impedance causes a change in the output of the comparator. The impedance element control circuit responds to changes in the output of the comparator by providing one or more program control output signals, which control the resistance values of one or more of the PRDs, thereby maintaining an impedance matched termination.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070188187A1 Impedance matching and trimming apparatuses and methods using programmable resistance devices Public/Granted day:2007-08-16
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