Receiving circuit
AssigneeRenesas Electronics Corporation
InventorWataru Nakamura
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Abstract
A receiving circuit in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes a first voltage-dividing circuit that outputs a first input signal obtained by voltage division of one of differential signals based on the resistance ratio between first and second resistors, a second voltage-dividing circuit that outputs a second input signal obtained by voltage division of the other of the differential signals based on the resistance ratio between third and fourth resistors, a differential amplifier that amplifies the differential component between the first and second input signals, a common-mode voltage detection circuit that detects the common-mode voltage of the differential signals, and a bias voltage switching circuit that switches the voltage value of a bias voltage based on the common-mode voltage.
Claims5
A receiving circuit comprising:
- a first voltage-dividing circuit comprising first and second resistors connected in series between a first input terminal through which one of differential signals is input and a bias terminal through which a bias voltage is input, the first voltage-dividing circuit being configured to output a first input signal obtained by voltage division of the one of the differential signals based on a resistance ratio between the first and second resistors;
- a second voltage-dividing circuit comprising third and fourth resistors connected in series between a second input terminal through which another of the differential signals is input and the bias terminal, the second voltage-dividing circuit being configured to output a second input signal obtained by voltage division of the another of the differential signals based on a resistance ratio between the third and fourth resistors;
- a differential amplifier that amplifies the differential component between the first and second input signals;
- a common-mode voltage detection circuit that detects a common-mode voltage of the differential signals, the common-mode voltage detection circuit being connected between the first and second input terminals;
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- a bias voltage switching circuit that switches a voltage value of the bias voltage based on the common-mode voltage,
- wherein when the common-mode voltage is less than a threshold voltage at which the voltage value of the bias voltage is switched, the bias voltage switching circuit sets the bias voltage to a voltage value greater than the voltage value used when the common-mode voltage is greater than the threshold voltage.
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