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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2015
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Ming-Chieh Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
Jing Jing Chen, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Chan-Hong Chern, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tao Wen Chung, San Jose, CA (US);
Chih-Chang Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Yuwen Swei, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a plurality of delay elements configured to delay a respective input signal and to output a respective delayed signal. The apparatus also includes a weight generator configured to generate a plurality of tap weights based on the delayed signals. The apparatus further includes a tap controller configured to generate tap weight enabling signals corresponding to one or more of the tap weights if the corresponding tap weights are greater than a predetermined threshold value. The tap controller is also configured to generate a set of bias factors based on corresponding tap weights of the plurality of tap weights.