Impedance matching circuit
AssigneeRealtek Semiconductor Corp.
InventorsHorng-Der Chang, Chao-Cheng Lee
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Abstract
The present invention discloses an impedance matching circuit for facilitating impedance matching between the characteristic impedance of a cable and the input impedance at the input terminal of a receiver for data transmission comprising: a first transistor, a second transistor, a resistor, a negative feedback control circuit, a multiplexer and a reference voltage generator. When the characteristic impedance of the cable varies, the equivalent resistance of the impedance matching circuit can be kept equal to the resistance of the varied characteristic impedance of the cable by adjusting the reference voltage.
Claims12
An impedance matching circuit for facilitating impedance matching between the characteristic impedance of a cable and the input impedance at the input terminal of a receiver for data transmission, said impedance matching circuit comprises:
- a first transistor, including a power supply terminal, a control terminal and a load terminal, wherein said power supply terminal of said first transistor is connected to a voltage supply, and said load terminal of said first transistor is connected to an input terminal of said receiver;
- a second transistor, including a power supply terminal, a control terminal and a load terminal, wherein said power supply terminal of said second transistor is connected to said voltage supply, and said control terminal of said second transistor is connected to said control terminal of said first transistor;
- a resistor, wherein one terminal of said resistor is connected to said load terminal of said second transistor and the other terminal is connected to the ground;
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- a negative feedback control circuit, wherein an inverting input terminal of said negative feedback control circuit receives an adjustable reference voltage, a non-inverting input terminal of said negative feedback control circuit is connected to said load terminal of said second transistor, and an output terminal of said negative feedback control circuit is connected to said control terminal of said second transistor;
- wherein the equivalent resistance of said impedance matching circuit is kept equal to the resistance of the varied characteristic impedance of said cable by adjusting said reference voltage.
An impedance matching circuit for facilitating impedance matching between the characteristic impedance of a cable and the input impedance at the input terminal of a receiver for data transmission, said impedance matching circuit comprises:
- a first transistor, including a power supply terminal, a control terminal and a load terminal, wherein said power supply terminal of said first transistor is connected to an input terminal of said receiver, and said load terminal of said first transistor is connected to the ground;
- a resistor, wherein one terminal of said resistor is connected to a voltage source;
- a second transistor, including a power supply terminal, a control terminal and a load terminal, wherein said power supply terminal of said second transistor is connected to the other terminal of said resistor, and said control terminal of said second transistor is connected to said control terminal of said first transistor;
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- a negative feedback control circuit, wherein an inverting input terminal of said negative feedback control circuit receives an adjustable reference voltage, a non-inverting input terminal of said negative feedback control circuit is connected to said power supply terminal of said second transistor, and an output terminal of said negative feedback control circuit is connected to said control terminal of said second transistor;
- wherein the equivalent resistance of said impedance matching circuit is kept equal to the resistance of the varied characteristic impedance of said cable by adjusting said reference voltage.
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