Trace canceller with equalizer adjusted for trace length driving variable-gain amplifier with automatic gain control loop

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9264102
APP PUB NO 20150311950A1
SERIAL NO

14793582

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Distortions of both amplitude and phase along a transmission line are compensated for by a trace canceller inserted between a transmitter and a receiver. The trace canceller has an equalizer that compensates for a trace length between the transmitter and the trace canceller. A variable gain amplifier between the equalizer and an output buffer has its gain controlled by an automatic gain control circuit that compares low-frequency swings of the input and output of the trace canceller. The gain of the variable gain amplifier is reduced to prevent the output buffer from saturating and clipping peak voltages on its output. Thus both the variable gain amplifier and the output buffer remain in the linear region. Training pulses from the transmitter are passed through the trace canceller without clipping of peak voltages, allowing the transmitter and receiver to adjust transmission parameters to best match the transmission line.

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DIODES INCORPORATED4949 HEDGCOXE ROAD SUITE 200 PLANO TX 75024

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cheung, Hung-Yan Hong Kong, HK 10 75
Zhang, Michael Y Palo Alto, US 29 389

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