Patent ID: 9614703
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L

Claim:
1. A circuit comprising: a data receiver in communication with a transmission line, the data receiver having an impedance element with a termination impedance that, while receiving data, is mismatched with respect to the characteristic impedance of the transmission line, the termination impedance of the data receiver being higher than the characteristic impedance of the transmission line by a ratio of at least 2:1; an equalizer in communication with the data receiver, the equalizer configured to receive a channel-transmitted data signal from the data receiver and to re-shape the signal to reduce attenuation distortion; and a data recovery circuit configured to capture values of the re-shaped channel-transmitted data signal; wherein the impedance element is configured to reduce the termination impedance of the data receiver to a level in which the attenuation distortion of the channel-transmitted data signal is reduced to a level in which the channel-transmitted data signal is recoverable without use of the equalizer after the data recovery circuit captures the values of the re-shaped channel-transmitted data signal.