Receiver, transceiver circuit, signal transmission method, and signal transmission system
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1. A receiver comprising:
- an offset application circuit for applying a known offset to an input signal; and
a decision circuit for comparing said offset-applied input signal with a reference voltage, wherein the level of said input signal is determined based on said known offset and on a result output from said decision circuit.
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Abstract
A receiver has an offset application circuit for applying a known offset to an input signal, and a decision circuit for comparing the offset-applied input signal with a reference voltage. The level of the input signal is determined based on the known offset and on the result output from the decision circuit. With this configuration, a large common mode voltage can be eliminated in a circuit used for signal transmission.
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1. A receiver comprising:
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an offset application circuit for applying a known offset to an input signal; and
a decision circuit for comparing said offset-applied input signal with a reference voltage, wherein the level of said input signal is determined based on said known offset and on a result output from said decision circuit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A transceiver circuit having a receiver for receiving a signal input thereto, and a driver for outputting a signal, wherein said receiver comprises:
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an offset application circuit for applying a known offset to said input signal; and
a decision circuit for comparing said offset-applied input signal with a reference voltage, wherein the level of said input signal is determined based on said known offset and on a result output from said decision circuit. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A signal transmission system having a first transceiver circuit, a second transceiver circuit, and a signal transmission line connecting between said first and second transceiver circuits, wherein:
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each of said transceiver circuits comprises a receiver for receiving a signal input thereto, and a driver for outputting a signal; and
said receiver includes an offset application circuit for applying a known offset to said input signal and a decision circuit for comparing said offset-applied input signal with a reference voltage, wherein the level of said input signal is determined based on said known offset and on a result output from said decision circuit. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A receiver having a plurality of signal lines and a capacitor network having capacitors connected to said signal lines and switches for controlling the connection of said capacitors, wherein:
said receiver includes a common mode voltage elimination circuit for eliminating a common mode voltage present on said plurality of signal lines by connecting at least one of the capacitor nodes containing the component of said common mode voltage to a node held to a specific voltage value. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A receiver comprising a plurality of signal lines and a capacitor network having capacitors connected to said signal lines and switches for controlling the connection of said capacitors, wherein
said receiver includes a common mode voltage elimination circuit for eliminating a common mode voltage present on said plurality of signal lines by connecting at least one of capacitor nodes containing the component of said common mode voltage to a node precharged to a specific voltage value.
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50. A receiver comprising:
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an input line via which an input signal is supplied;
a plurality of sample-and-hold circuits for sequentially latching said input signal by a multi-phase periodic clock, and for holding said latched input signal; and
a decision circuit for making a decision on said input signal by generating a signal corresponding to a weighted sum of the outputs of said sample-and-hold circuits, wherein;
an output valid period of each sample-and-hold circuit is made longer than one bit time of said input signal; and
said decision circuit is operated by using the weighted sum generated during a period where the output valid period of said sample-and-hold circuit overlaps the output valid period of another sample-and-hold circuit operating before or after said sample-and-hold circuit. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A transceiver circuit comprising:
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a driver for outputting a transmit signal onto a signal transmission line;
a receiver for receiving a receive signal from said signal transmission line; and
a compensation voltage generating circuit for generating a compensation voltage used to compensate for an interference voltage caused by said driver, and for supplying said compensation voltage to said receiver, wherein bidirectional signal transmission is performed by controlling an output level of said compensation voltage generating circuit in accordance with the phase relationship between said transmit signal and said receive signal. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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77. A signal transmission system comprising a first transceiver circuit, a second transceiver circuit, and a signal transmission line connecting between said first and second transceiver circuits, wherein at least one of said first and second transceiver circuits is a transceiver circuit comprising:
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a driver for outputting a transmit signal onto a signal transmission line;
a receiver for receiving a receive signal from said signal transmission line; and
a compensation voltage generating circuit for generating a compensation voltage used to compensate for an interference voltage caused by said driver, and for supplying said compensation voltage to said receiver, wherein bidirectional signal transmission is performed by controlling an output level of said compensation voltage generating circuit in accordance with the phase relationship between said transmit signal and said receive signal. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92)
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- 93. A signal transmission method, having a driver for outputting a transmit signal onto a signal transmission line and a receiver for receiving a receive signal from said signal transmission line, in which a compensation voltage used to compensate for an interference voltage caused by said driver is generated and supplied to said receiver, wherein bidirectional signal transmission is performed by controlling the level of said compensation voltage in accordance with the phase relationship between said transmit signal and said receive signal.
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