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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2021
Nxp Usa, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Ranjeet Kumar Gupta, Chandler, AZ (US);
Siamak Delshadpour, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Chandra Prakash Tiwari, Bangalore, IN;
Abhijeet Chandrakant Kulkarni, Chandler, AZ (US);
NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of bidirectional repeaters and communications systems are disclosed. In an embodiment, a bidirectional repeater includes a digital state machine configured to control the bidirectional repeater to operate under a functional mode or under a bypass mode and a bypass mode driver configured to automatically detect a direction of signal through input/output (I/O) terminals of the bidirectional repeater and to allow a signal to pass through the bidirectional repeater based on the direction of signal under the bypass mode.