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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1999
Filed:
May. 14, 1997
Alan F Hendrickson, Austin, TX (US);
Peter E Sheldon, Austin, TX (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A circuit for generating a threshold voltage level from a time division duplex analog data signal. The circuit comprises a sample/hold circuit and an amplifier. The sample/hold circuit is arranged to sample the threshold voltage level during a reception interval and hold the threshold voltage level during a transmission interval. The amplifier includes an operational amplifier coupled to the sample/hold circuit for amplifying the analog data signal during a reception interval and amplifying the threshold voltage level during a transmission interval. A transconductance device is coupled to the operational amplifier, and a plurality of load legs are respectively coupled to a plurality of bias legs. A first selected pair of the respectively coupled load legs and bias legs is coupled to the transconductance device, and a second selected pair of the respectively coupled load legs and bias legs coupled to the output of the amplifier to provide the threshold voltage level.