Transmitter and transceiver with switching jitter improvement

Abstract

Disclosed are a transmitter and transceiver for improving switching jitter. The transmitter includes an encoder that encodes an input signal representable by x levels (where x is a natural number of 3 or more) and outputs a plurality of encoded signals representing a multi-bit binary number including a most significant bit and a least significant bit; an edge adjustment circuit that generates a plurality of adjusted encoded signals by adjusting a falling edge timing of a first one of the encoded signals corresponding to the most significant bit and adjusting a rising edge timing of a second one of the encoded signals corresponding to the least significant bit; and a driver circuit that generates and outputs an output signal having the x levels based on the adjusted encoded signals.