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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2003
Applicant:
Manfred Herz, Mainz, DE;
Inventor:
Manfred Herz, Mainz, DE;
Assignee:
IC-Haus GmbH, Bodenheim, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K017/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided an apparatus for generating an input signal for a cable that is mismatched on an output side. The apparatus has a line driver for connecting to an input of the cable via a resistor. The line driver includes a controller that, depending on a data input signal, is for triggering (a) a first switch to apply a supply voltage at an input of the resistor, (b) a second switch to apply a reference potential at the input of the resistor, and (c) a third switch to apply an auxiliary voltage at the input of the cable, all of them at predeterminable points in time, in order to minimize power dissipation in the resistor.