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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Zane A. Ball, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/716 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/716 ;
Abstract
In order to terminate a non-symmetric transmission line having at least three terminations to which chips are coupled in a way which will attain impedance matching, the termination impedances at the chips are dynamically changed according to the topology of the network and which chip is driving the transmission line.