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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2008
Applicants:
Holger Wenske, Freising, DE;
Thomas Eichler, Unterhaching, DE;
Mario Traber, Diesenhofen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Lantiq Deutschland GmbH, Neubiberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/00 (2006.01); H04L 25/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 25/0264 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a line driver circuit comprises a plurality of output stages each operable to produce an output signal and one or more pre-output stages operable to perform one or more common functions. The line driver circuit also comprises circuitry operable to selectively couple one or more of the output stages to the one or more pre-output stages based on a wireline communication technology implemented by the line driver circuit.