Patent ID: 7592860

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a package having a terminal and a bond wire, wherein the bond wire is coupled to the terminal, and wherein the bond wire has an impedance; and an integrated circuit (IC) that is secured to the package, wherein the IC includes: a pad that is coupled to the bond wire; a first circuit that provides a transmission signal to the pad, wherein the transmission signal has a first strength at the pad and a second strength at the terminal, wherein the second strength is less than the first strength due to the impedance of the bond wire, and wherein the first circuit includes a feedback loop that receives the first strength of the transmission signal; and a second circuit that is coupled between the first circuit and the pad, wherein the second circuit generates a compensation signal that is approximately a difference between the first strength and the second strength of the transmission signal, and wherein the transmission signal is adjusted by the difference to ensure that the signal has a desired strength at the terminal by application of the compensation signal to the feedback loop.