Patent ID: 6963219

Claim:
A configurable low voltage differential signal (LVDS) system located on a chip, the configurable LVDS system comprising: a pair of conductive terminals; an LVDS transmitter for driving a differential output signal to the pair of terminals; an LVDS receiver for receiving a differential input signal from the pair of terminals; a termination resistor selectively coupled across the pair of terminals, wherein the termination resistor is selected via a control signal for use with either the LVDS transmitter or the LVDS receiver; and a control circuit configured to selectively enable and disable the LVDS transmitter, the LVDS receiver and the termination resistor, wherein the control circuit is further configured to enable and disable one or more non-LVDS receivers, and in response to the control circuit enabling one of the one or more non-LVDS receivers, disabling the LVDS receiver and the LVDS transmitter.