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Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 10, 2017
Applicant:

Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventor:

Hoong Chin Ng, Sungai Petani, MY;

Assignee:

Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/16 (2006.01); H03K 19/003 (2006.01); H03K 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/0005 (2013.01);
Abstract

A termination circuit includes a first transistor coupled to a first pad, a first resistor coupled between the first transistor and a second pad, and an operational amplifier circuit. The termination circuit provides termination impedance to input signals received at the first and second pads. The first transistor generates a first common mode voltage of the input signals at a first node between the first resistor and the first transistor in response to an output signal of the operational amplifier circuit. The operational amplifier circuit generates the output signal based on the first common mode voltage of the input signals and based on a second common mode voltage of the input signals. The termination circuit generates the second common mode voltage at a second node that is a different node than the first node.


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