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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2003
Applicant:
William W. Brown, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventor:
William W. Brown, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A PAM-4 data slicer includes first, second, and third comparators which provide first, second, and third thresholds, respectively. Each of the comparators has an offset. The first and third comparators have an offset generating arrangement at their outputs to provide the first and third comparator circuits with symmetrical offsets.