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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2018
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Wenfeng Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Stanley Y. Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hsung Jai Im, San Jose, CA (US);
Parag Upadhyaya, Los Gatos, CA (US);
XILINX, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A circuit for receiving signals in an integrated circuit device. The circuit comprises a first equalizer circuit having a first input for receiving a first input signal and generating an output signal at a first output; a second equalizer circuit having a second input for receiving the output signal generated at the first output of the first equalizer circuit and having a second output; and a control circuit having a control output coupled to the second output of the second equalizer circuit; wherein the control circuit provides an offset cancellation signal or a loopback signal to the second output of the second equalizer circuit. A method of receiving signals in an integrated circuit is also described.