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Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015

Filed:

May. 17, 2013
Applicant:

Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sanjeev Maheshwari, Fremont, CA (US);

Vishnu Balan, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Arif Amin, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 7/30 (2006.01); H04L 25/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 25/03885 (2013.01); H04L 25/03146 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sampler circuit for a decision feedback equalizer and a method of use thereof. One embodiment of the sampler circuit includes: (1) a first sampler portion including a series-coupled first master regeneration latch and first slave latch, (2) a second sampler portion including a series-coupled second master regeneration latch and second slave latch, and (3) a first feedback circuit coupled to a first node between the first master regeneration latch and the first slave latch and operable to provide a feedback signal to the second master regeneration latch to cause a bias charge to be built up therefor.


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