Differential line driver circuit and method therefor

Abstract

A differential line driver circuit comprising a plurality of driver stages is described. Each driver stage is operably coupled to at least one output of the line driver circuit and arranged to receive at least one control signal and to drive at least one output signal on the at least one output of the line driver circuit in accordance with the at least one control signal received thereby. The line driver circuit further comprises at least one delay component arranged to receive the at least one control signal, and to sequentially propagate the at least one control signal to the driver stages with time delays between the propagation of the at least one control signal to sequentially adjacent driver stages. The delay component is arranged to sequentially propagate the at least one control signal to the driver stages such that such that the at least one control signal is propagated with at least one of: a progressively increasing time delay between sequentially adjacent driver stages; and a progressively decreasing time delay between sequentially adjacent driver stages.

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