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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
May. 11, 2007
Applicants:
Frank Van Der Goes, The Hague, NL;
Christopher M. Ward, Utrecht, NL;
Jan Mulder, Houten, NL;
Ovidiu Bajdechi, Delft, NL;
Inventors:
Frank van der Goes, The Hague, NL;
Christopher M. Ward, Utrecht, NL;
Jan Mulder, Houten, NL;
Ovidiu Bajdechi, Delft, NL;
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electrical circuit comprising a line driver for providing Ethernet signals is disclosed. The line driver comprises a voltage mode line driver for producing 1000BT and 100BT Ethernet signals and an active output impedance line driver arranged parallel to the voltage mode line driver. The line driver is capable of producing 1000BT or 100BT or 10BT Ethernet signals, wherein either the voltage mode line driver or the active impedance line driver is active.