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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph N. Babanezhad, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Plato Labs, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 7/30 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 7/30 ;
Abstract
A low cost and low power adaptive cable equalizer that is particularly suitable for fast Ethernet data communication is disclosed. According to various embodiments of the present invention, first and second order adaptive equalizers are implemented using CMOS continuous-time analog signal processing, with variable resistors, linear capacitors and high-speed operational amplifiers.