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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2020
Analog Devices International Unlimited Company, Limerick, IE;
Joseph Adut, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gregory Fung, Fremont, CA (US);
Brian Hamilton, Menlo Park, CA (US);
ANALOG DEVICES INTERNATIONAL UNLIMITED COMPANY, Limerick, IE;
Abstract
An example analog signal multiplexer includes two differential input signal ports for receiving a first and a second differential input signals, INand IN. The multiplexer further includes a differential output signal port with two output terminals OUT+ and OUT−, for outputting a signal based on one or more of the input signals INand IN. Furthermore, the multiplexer includes a pair of load elements, and an additional differential output signal port that has two output terminals TERM+ and TERM−. The load elements are not coupled directly to the output terminals OUT+ and OUT−, but, rather, are coupled to the output terminals of the additional output signal port, TERM+ and TERM−, enabling a modular approach where multiple instances of the multiplexer may be combined on an 'as-needed' basis to realize multiplexing between a larger number of differential inputs that a single multiplexer would allow.