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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2018
Applicant:
Inphi Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Dragos Cartina, Burnaby, CA;
Assignee:
INPHI CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 25/03 (2006.01); G11C 19/28 (2006.01); H03K 3/356 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 25/03057 (2013.01); G11C 19/28 (2013.01); H03K 3/356113 (2013.01); H04L 25/03006 (2013.01); H04L 2025/0349 (2013.01); H04L 2025/03617 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to communication systems and methods thereof. More specifically, an embodiment of the present invention includes a buffer that is coupled to a reference terminal. A shift register stores decision levels for post-cursor positions. A plurality of switches converts the decision levels to equalization currents during an equalization process. The equalization currents are converted to equalization voltage terms by one or more load resistors. The buffer is provided between the reference terminal and the one or more load resistors. There are other embodiments as well.