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Method and system for split voltage domain transmitter circuits

  • US 8,687,981 B2
  • Filed: 09/11/2008
  • Issued: 04/01/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for processing signals, the method comprising:

  • in an integrated circuit comprising a transmission line driver;

    amplifying a received signal in a plurality of partial voltage domains;

    generating said partial voltage domains in a domain splitter in said transmission line driver wherein each of said partial voltage domains is offset by a DC voltage from other of said partial voltage domains and wherein a sum of said plurality of partial domains is equal to a supply voltage of said integrated circuit; and

    controlling a voltage domain boundary value between two partial voltage domains utilizing a differential amplifier that samples an output voltage of a cascade amplifier that is an input to the transmission line driver and controls a current supplying said cascade amplifier.

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