System and method for effectively implementing an active termination circuit in an electronic device

A system for effectively transferring electronic information, comprising:

• a transmission line for transferring said electronic information between a source device and a destination device, said transmission line including a conductor A and a conductor B;
• an active termination circuit coupled to said conductor A and said conductor B, said active termination circuit being dynamically switchable between a differential mode termination configuration and a single-ended mode termination configuration, said active termination circuit including a transistor A that is configured as a first diode device by directly connecting a base of said transistor A to a collector of said transistor A, a current source A then being directly connected to said collector of said transistor A, an emitter of said transistor A being connected to a first end of an emitter resistor A, a second end of said emitter resistor A being connected to a current source C, a transistor B being similarly configured as a second diode device by directly connecting a base of said transistor B to a collector of said transistor B, a current source B then being directly connected to said collector of said transistor B, an emitter of said transistor B being connected to a first end of an emitter resistor B, a second end of said emitter resistor B being directly connected to said current source C by a connecting line which is also directly connected to said second end of said emitter resistor A;
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• control logic configured to dynamically place said active termination circuit into said differential mode termination configuration during a differential transmission mode, said control logic also dynamically placing said active termination circuit into said single-ended mode termination configuration during a single-ended transmission mode.

A method for effectively transferring electronic information, comprising:

• providing a transmission line for transferring said electronic information between a source device and a destination device, said transmission line being implemented to include a conductor A and a conductor B;
• coupling an active termination circuit to said conductor A and said conductor B, said active termination circuit being dynamically switchable between a differential mode termination configuration and a single-ended mode termination configuration;
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• utilizing control logic to dynamically place said active termination circuit into said differential mode termination configuration during a differential transmission mode by placing current sources for said active termination circuit into an on-state, said control logic also dynamically placing said active termination circuit into said single-ended mode termination configuration during a single-ended transmission mode by placing said current sources into an off-state.

A method for effectively transferring electronic information, comprising:

• providing a transmission line for transferring said electronic information between a source device and a destination device, said transmission line being implemented to include a conductor A and a conductor B;
• coupling an active termination circuit to said conductor A and said conductor B, said active termination circuit being dynamically switchable between a differential mode termination configuration and a single-ended mode termination configuration, said active termination circuit including a transistor A that is configured as a first diode device by directly connecting a base of said transistor A to a collector of said transistor A, a current source A then being directly connected to said collector of said transistor A, an emitter of said transistor A being connected to a first end of an emitter resistor A, a second end of said emitter resistor A being connected to a current source C, a transistor B being similarly configured as a second diode device by directly connecting a base of said transistor B to a collector of said transistor B, a current source B then being directly connected to said collector of said transistor B, an emitter of said transistor B being connected to a first end of an emitter resistor B, a second end of said emitter resistor B being directly connected to said current source C by a connecting line which is also directly connected to said second end of said emitter resistor A;
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• utilizing control logic to dynamically place said active termination circuit into said differential mode termination configuration during a differential transmission mode, said control logic also dynamically placing said active termination circuit into said single-ended mode termination configuration during a single-ended transmission mode.

A system for effectively transferring electronic information, comprising:

• means for transferring said electronic information between a source device and a destination device, said means for transferring being implemented to include a conductor A and a conductor B;
• means for terminating said transmission line, said means for terminating being coupled to said conductor A and said conductor B, said means for terminating being dynamically switchable between a differential mode termination configuration and a single-ended mode termination configuration;
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• means for dynamically placing said means for terminating into said differential mode termination configuration during a differential transmission mode, and for also dynamically placing said means for terminating into said single-ended mode termination configuration during a single-ended transmission mode.