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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2022
Ntt, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Ntt Innovative Devices Corporation, Yokohama, JP;
Tadashi Minotani, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiki Kishi, Tokyo, JP;
Masatoshi Tobayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshikazu Urabe, Yokoyama, JP;
NTT, INC., Tokyo, JP;
NTT INNOVATIVE DEVICES CORPORATION, Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
An embodiment is a connecting circuit connected to the preceding stage of a transmission circuit and configured to receive a data signal includes an initial voltage value holding circuit, and a terminating load connected in series with the initial voltage value holding circuit. The initial voltage value holding circuit outputs, to the terminating load, an initial voltage value obtained when no data signal is input, and sets both ends of the terminating load at the same potential by a DC component.