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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2020
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Clarence Kar Lun Tam, Saint-Laurent, CA;
Guillaume Fortin, Montreal, CA;
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for continuous time linear equalization. Embodiments include a differential amplifier including a first transistor and a second transistor, wherein the differential amplifier includes a peak-generating path and a peak-reduction path. Embodiments also include at least one switch and at least one capacitor located between a source and a drain of at least one of the first transistor and the second transistor to create a capacitive path between the source and drain, wherein the at least one switch and at least one capacitor are configured to reduce bandwidth.