Texas Instruments Corporation

Ashwin Ramachandran

Sumantra Seth

Gururaj Ghorpade

Ramsin Michael Ziazadeh

Rajavelu Thinakaran

Anindita Borah

Arihant Jain

In an example, a circuit includes a differential input circuit having a first input at a first capacitor terminal and a second input at a second capacitor terminal. The differential input circuit includes a first transistor having a first transistor control terminal and first and second terminals. The differential input circuit includes a second transistor having a second transistor control terminal and first and second terminals, the first terminals of the first and second transistors coupled together. The circuit includes a first capacitor having the first capacitor terminal and having another terminal coupled to the first transistor control terminal. The circuit also includes a second capacitor having the second capacitor terminal and having another terminal coupled to the second transistor control terminal. The circuit includes a first offset correction input coupled to the first transistor control terminal and a second offset correction input coupled to the second transistor control terminal.

Sampler circuit for high speed serializer/deserializer

A method for detecting a fault with a cable having a resistor divider couple to the cable. The method includes converting a first sense voltage from the resistor divider network to a first digital code, determining whether the first digital code falls within a first range of digital codes corresponding to a first fault associated with the cable, and responsive to determining that the first digital code falls within the first range of digital codes, generating an indication of the first fault.

Cable fault detection

Described examples include Ethernet physical layer (PHY) interface integrated circuits with transmit interface circuitry for transmitting data to an Ethernet network through a magnetic interface, which includes a voltage mode first amplifier with an output that generates a first voltage signal from a supply voltage according to a data input signal. The transmit interface circuit also includes a feedforward second amplifier circuit with an output stage that operates in a first mode to generate a current signal from the supply voltage according to the first voltage signal and to provide the current signal to the first amplifier output to boost a peak voltage at the output above the supply voltage to facilitate support for higher peak signal voltage swings for 10Base-T applications while using 2.5 volt or other low voltage supply levels.

Low voltage feedforward current assist ethernet line driver

The disclosure provides a circuit that includes an analog control block, and a plurality of temperature sensors coupled to the analog control block. At least one temperature sensor of the plurality of temperature sensors includes a first transistor coupled to a first current source. A second transistor is coupled to a second current source and to the first transistor. The analog control block measures a local temperature from a first potential generated across the first transistor and from a second potential generated across the second transistor.

Analog temperature sensor for digital blocks

A voltage-mode driver circuit supporting pre-emphasis is implemented to include a driver arm and a correction arm. The driver arm receives an input signal, and is operable, in pre-emphasis intervals as well as steady-state intervals, to connect a first impedance between an output terminal of the driver circuit and a constant reference potential. The correction arm is operable to connect a correction impedance in parallel with the first impedance in pre-emphasis intervals, and to decouple the correction impedance from the first impedance in steady-state intervals. The parallel connection of the first impedance and the correction impedance in pre-emphasis intervals increases the voltage level of the output signal of the driver circuit in pre-emphasis intervals. The use of the correction arm compensates for the effect of parasitic capacitance at one or more nodes of the driver circuit, thereby reducing the settling time of the output signal and enabling high-speed operation.

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Santa Clara, CA, United States of America

Ashwin Ramachandran