Patent ID: 7919985

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a deserializer circuit block, implemented using current-controlled complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (C 3 MOS) logic with inductive broadbanding, that converts a differential input signal into a plurality of signals, wherein: the deserializer circuit block is implemented using a first n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) and a second n-channel MOSFET having their source terminals coupled, their gate terminals coupled respectively to receive the differential input signal, and their drain terminals coupled respectively to first and second output nodes; and the deserializer circuit block includes: a first impedance, having a first resistance and a first inductance, coupled between the first output node and a logic high level; a second impedance, having a second resistance and a second inductance, coupled between the second output node and the logic high level; and a current-source n-channel MOSFET coupled between the coupled source terminals of the first and second n-channel MOSFETs and a logic low level.