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Signal amplitude distortion within an integrated circuit

US8194721B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 23, 2008
Grant dateJun 5, 2012
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L1/243
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated circuit 2 includes a serial data transmitter 12 and a serial data receiver 14. A signal amplitude distorting circuit 30 is provided to introduce distortion in the amplitude of a serial data signal generated by the serial data transmitter 12 and looped back to the serial data receiver 14 so as to stress test the serial data receiver 14.

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