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Apparatus and method for controlling a driver strength

US7439761B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

Peter Mayer · Neubiberg, DE
Wolfgang Anton Spirkl · Germering, DE
Markus Balb · Munich, DE
Christoph Bilger · Munich, DE
Martin Brox · Munich, DE
Thomas Hein · Hersbruck, DE
Michael Richter · Ottobrunn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 12, 2006
Grant date	Oct 21, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 24, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L25/0278
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Method of controlling a driver strength and a termination impedance of a signal line of an interface, wherein the driver sends an output signal as an alternating voltage with a frequency, wherein the signal line is terminated with a termination impedance, wherein the driver strength is changed depending on a changing of the frequency of the output signal.

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