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US 2026/0254681 A1Published application
Feed forward equalizers with current mode sampling
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsAni Xavier, Aviral Singhal, Jagannathan Venkataraman
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are described to perform current mode sampling with a feed forward equalizer. An example apparatus includes a transistor operable to convert an input voltage signal from a linear equalizer into a current; a first switch to enable and disable based on a first clock signal; a second switch to enable and disable based on a second clock signal; and a capacitor to: charge based on the current when the first switch is enabled; and discharge when the second switch is enabled.
Claims15
A circuit, comprising:
- a first transistor including a control terminal, a first current terminal, and a second current terminal, the second current terminal of the first transistor coupled to a common terminal;
- a second transistor including a control terminal, a first current terminal, and a second current terminal, the control terminal of the second transistor coupled to a clock circuit, the second current terminal of the second transistor coupled to the first current terminal of the first transistor;
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- a capacitor including a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the capacitor coupled to the first current terminal of the second transistor, the second terminal of the capacitor coupled to the common terminal.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a transistor configurable to convert an input voltage into a current;
- a first switch configurable to enable and disable based on a first clock signal;
- a second switch configurable to enable and disable based on a second clock signal;
- and
- a capacitor configurable to:
- charge based on the current when the first switch is enabled;
- and
- discharge when the second switch is enabled.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.