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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tamer Ali, Irvine, CA (US);
Hassan Maarefi, San Jose, CA (US);
Mahmoud Reza Ahmadi, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Afshin Momtaz, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/094 (2006.01); H03K 17/16 (2006.01); H04L 25/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 25/03019 (2013.01); H04L 2025/03471 (2013.01); H04L 2025/03681 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for passive equalization and slew-rate control of a signal includes a first branch and a second branch. The first branch includes a first driver coupled in series with an equalization capacitor. The second branch includes a second driver coupled in series with a resistor. The second branch may be coupled in parallel to the first branch. The first branch may be configurable to enable either passive equalization or slew-rate control of the signal based on a mode control signal.