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US 11,152,962 B2Granted
Transmitter and receiver circuits
AssigneesSK hynix Inc., Postech Academy-Industry Foundation
InventorsHong June Park, Ji Hoon Lim, Hae Kang Jung
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Abstract
A circuit may include a transmitter for generating a signal indicative of input data, an on-chip channel for transmitting the signal from the transmitter, and a receiver comprising a receiving terminal that has a negative resistance value as input resistance of the receiving terminal, the receiver generating a signal indicative of recovered data based on the transmitted signal through the on-chip channel. The circuit may recycle a portion of charge stored in the on-chip channel using charge recycling, and the charge recycling is associated with the negative resistance value of the input resistance.
Claims7
A circuit comprising:
- a transmitter suitable for generating a signal indicative of input data;
- an on-chip channel suitable for transmitting the signal;
- a receiver having a receiving terminal that has a negative resistance value as input resistance of the receiving terminal, the receiver being suitable for recovering data from the transmitted signal through the on-chip channel;
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- a process-voltage-temperature (PVT) compensation replication circuit comprising a replication circuit, the PVT compensation replication circuit being suitable for controlling each of the receiving terminal of the receiver and a receiving terminal of a replication receiver of the replication circuit to have a negative resistance value as input resistance,
- wherein the replication circuit comprises a replication transmitter, a replication channel, and a replication receiver corresponding to the transmitter, the on-chip channel, and the receiver of the circuit, respectively, and
- wherein the replication channel has a resistance value that is substantially equal to a given fraction of a resistance value of the on-chip channel.
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A circuit comprising:
- a transmitter suitable for generating a signal indicative of input data;
- an on-chip channel suitable for transmitting the signal;
- a receiver having a receiving terminal that has a negative resistance value as input resistance of the receiving terminal, the receiver being suitable for recovering data from the transmitted signal through the on-chip channel;
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- a process-voltage-temperature (PVT) compensation replication circuit comprising a replication circuit including circuits corresponding to the transmitter, the on-chip channel, and the receiver, respectively, the PVT compensation replication circuit being suitable for controlling each of the receiving terminal of the receiver and a receiving terminal of a replication receiver of the replication circuit to have a negative resistance value as input resistance,
- wherein each of the receiving terminal of the replication receiver of the replication circuit and the receiving terminal of the receiver of the circuit are controlled to have a negative resistance value as the input resistance, according to a control signal.
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A circuit comprising:
- a transmitter suitable for generating a signal indicative of input data;
- an on-chip channel suitable for transmitting the signal;
- a receiver having a receiving terminal that has a negative resistance value as input resistance of the receiving terminal, the receiver being suitable for recovering data from the transmitted signal through the on-chip channel;
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- a process-voltage-temperature (PVT) compensation replication circuit comprising a replication circuit, the PVT compensation replication circuit being suitable for controlling each of the receiving terminal of the receiver and a receiving terminal of a replication receiver of the replication circuit to have a negative resistance value as input resistance,
- wherein the replication circuit is configured to provide differential output signals, and the PVT compensation replication circuit further comprises:
- a comparator suitable for comparing the differential output signals of the replication circuit;
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- a control signal generator suitable for generating a control signal in response to a comparison result of the comparator,
- wherein the replication circuit comprises a replication transmitter, a replication channel, and the replication receiver corresponding to the transmitter, the on-chip channel, and the receiver of the circuit, respectively, and
- wherein the replication channel has a resistance value that is substantially equal to a given fraction of a resistance value of the on-chip channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.