Patent ID: 6946868
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: H03K,H04L

Abstract:
1. A driver for driving a transmission line connected to a load, the transmission line having an input and an output, comprising: a. a signal generation system that generates at least a first drive signal, a second drive signal and a third drive signal, the second drive signal having a level greater than the first drive signal, and the third drive signal having a level greater than the second drive signal; and b. a controller in communication with said signal generation system to cause said signal generation system to deliver the first drive signal, then the second drive signal, and then the third drive signal to the input of the transmission line, the third drive signal beginning to be delivered to the input of the transmission line approximately when a reflection of the second drive signal from the output of the transmission line first arrives at the input to the transmission line; wherein the driver is arranged to drive a plurality of transmission lines of varying length.