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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013

Filed:

Jul. 24, 2012
Applicants:

Axel Zafra-petersson, Foios, ES;

Johan H. Mansson, Puzol, ES;

Michael R. Elliott, Summerfield, NC (US);

Brad P. Jeffries, Browns Summit, NC (US);

Inventors:

Axel Zafra-Petersson, Foios, ES;

Johan H. Mansson, Puzol, ES;

Michael R. Elliott, Summerfield, NC (US);

Brad P. Jeffries, Browns Summit, NC (US);

Assignee:

Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/16 (2006.01); H03K 19/003 (2006.01); H03K 19/094 (2006.01); H03K 3/00 (2006.01); H03B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system provides for a serial transmitter with multiplexing and driving functionality that is combined into a single stage to increase the overall speed of the serial transmitter. The single stage includes a dynamic impedance that is configured in parallel with a multiplexing driver to reduce the input capacitance and set the correct output impedance. The single stage can be implemented as a stacked or cross-coupled XOR logic circuit or a stacked or cross-coupled multiplexer ('mux') as the multiplexing driver. In an embodiment where a mux is used as the multiplexing driver, a clock can be injected into the mux driver to overcome inter-symbol interference.


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