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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Stmicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza (MB), IT;
Inventors:
Francesco Chrappan Soldavini, San Donato Milanese, IT;
Michele Fedeli, Pavia, IT;
Assignee:
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L., Agrate Brianza (MB), IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 25/02 (2006.01); H03K 19/00 (2006.01); H03K 19/094 (2006.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 25/0278 (2013.01); H03K 19/0005 (2013.01); H03K 19/094 (2013.01); H04L 25/0272 (2013.01); H04L 25/0282 (2013.01); H04B 2001/0408 (2013.01);
Abstract
A driver circuit for driving a transmission line includes a voltage driver and a current driver. The voltage driver is for driving the transmission line with a first voltage gain in a first operation mode. The current driver is activatable in a second operation mode for driving, together with the voltage driver, the transmission line with a second voltage gain. The transmission line may be an Ethernet-over-copper transmission line with electrical data signals from a data generator.