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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Inphi Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Karthik Raviprakash, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Halil Cirit, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
INPHI CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/16 (2006.01); H03G 3/30 (2006.01); H03H 11/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/16 (2013.01); H03G 3/3036 (2013.01); H03H 11/28 (2013.01); H03G 2201/106 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to communication systems and electrical circuits. More specifically, an embodiment of the present invention provides a termination circuit that includes a programmable gain attenuation section, a T-coil section, and a termination resistor. The characteristic resistance of the programmable gain attenuation section matches the resistance of the termination resistor. There are other embodiments as well.