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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2019
Kandou Labs, S.a., Lausanne, CH;
KANDOU LABS, S.A., Lausanne, CH;
Abstract
Methods and systems are described for selectively providing a signal path from a respective wire of a multi-wire bus to at least one corresponding data signal output node of at least one set of differential data signal output nodes using a respective switching element in a respective set of signal path circuits connected in parallel, and generating a set of discharge currents, each discharge current of the set of discharge currents generated through a respective resistive element in the respective set of signal path circuits to discharge a portion of a voltage pulse on the respective wire of the multi-wire bus to one or more metallic planes via a respective localized ESD protection circuit, the respective resistive element and the respective localized ESD protection circuit connected between the respective wire and the respective switching element.