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Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025

Filed:

May. 17, 2023
Applicant:

Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Sandor Farkas, Round Rock, TX (US);

Bhyrav Mutnury, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2005.12); G01R 27/16 (2005.12); G06F 11/07 (2005.12); G06F 11/16 (2005.12); G06F 11/27 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1616 (2012.12); G01R 27/16 (2012.12); G06F 11/0745 (2012.12); G06F 11/27 (2012.12);
Abstract

A processing device includes a transmitter, a difference amplifier, and a data detector. A first output buffer of the transmitter receives data and has a first output coupled to a channel that is designed to have a first impedance value, but that has a second impedance value that which may or may not be equal to the first impedance value. A second output buffer of the transmitter receives the data and has an output coupled to a circuit that has the first impedance. The difference amplifier has inputs coupled to the outputs of the first and second output buffers. The data detector is coupled to an output of the difference amplifier. The data processing device operates in a test operation mode to provide test data to the first and second output buffers and to determine whether the second impedance is equal to the first impedance based on information from the data detector.


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