Patent 11381208 was granted and assigned to Cadence Design Systems on July, 2022 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for continuous time linear equalization. Embodiments include a differential amplifier including a first transistor and a second transistor, wherein the differential amplifier includes a peak-generating path and a peak-reduction path. Embodiments also include at least one switch and at least one capacitor located between a source and a drain of at least one of the first transistor and the second transistor to create a capacitive path between the source and drain, wherein the at least one switch and at least one capacitor are configured to reduce bandwidth.