Devices and methods for communicating back-channel data over a communication link are provided. The termination impedance of the communication link at the receiver and/or transmitter side may be modulated to encode back-channel data as signal reflections in the communication link. The corresponding device at the other end of the communication link may detect these reflections and decode them to recover the back-channel data.

Devices and methods for communicating back-channel data over a communication link are provided. The termination impedance of the communication link at the receiver and/or transmitter side may be modulated to encode back-channel data as signal reflections in the communication link. The corresponding device at the other end of the communication link may detect these reflections and decode them to recover the back-channel data.

Devices and methods for communicating back-channel data over a communication link are provided. The termination impedance of the communication link at the receiver and/or transmitter side may be modulated to encode back-channel data as signal reflections in the communication link. The corresponding device at the other end of the communication link may detect these reflections and decode them to recover the back-channel data.

Devices and methods for communicating back-channel data over a communication link are provided. The termination impedance of the communication link at the receiver and/or transmitter side may be modulated to encode back-channel data as signal reflections in the communication link. The corresponding device at the other end of the communication link may detect these reflections and decode them to recover the back-channel data.

The present invention provides a semiconductor device realizing suppression of increase in consumption power. A semiconductor device has a signal line, a reception buffer circuit which is coupled to an end of the signal line and to which a signal is supplied from the signal line, and a delay element which is wired-OR coupled to an end of the signal line and shapes waveform of a signal at the end of the signal line.

The present invention provides a semiconductor device realizing suppression of increase in consumption power. A semiconductor device has a signal line, a reception buffer circuit which is coupled to an end of the signal line and to which a signal is supplied from the signal line, and a delay element which is wired-OR coupled to an end of the signal line and shapes waveform of a signal at the end of the signal line.

The present invention provides a semiconductor device realizing suppression of increase in consumption power. A semiconductor device has a signal line, a reception buffer circuit which is coupled to an end of the signal line and to which a signal is supplied from the signal line, and a delay element which is wired-OR coupled to an end of the signal line and shapes waveform of a signal at the end of the signal line.

The present invention provides a semiconductor device realizing suppression of increase in consumption power. A semiconductor device has a signal line, a reception buffer circuit which is coupled to an end of the signal line and to which a signal is supplied from the signal line, and a delay element which is wired-OR coupled to an end of the signal line and shapes waveform of a signal at the end of the signal line.

A network element of a cable television (CATV) network, comprising an input for upstream signal transmission; one or more diplex filters (210, 212, 214) connectable to said input, the diplex filters (210, 212, 214) comprising bandpass filters for different upstream and downstream frequency bands; a plurality of components arranged to form an upstream signal path, wherein at least one of said components is an upstream amplifier (206c); means (216) for detecting a type of the diplex filter connected between said input and the upstream signal path; means (216) for determining a control signal for adjusting bias current of the upstream amplifier (206c), wherein the control signal is based on at least a type of the diplex filter; and means for adjusting the bias current of the upstream amplifier (206c) based on the control signal.

A negative impedance circuit including: a first and a second bipolar transistors having a common collector, a base of the first transistor being connected to an emitter of the second transistor; a third and a fourth bipolar transistors having a common collector, a base of the third transistor being connected with an emitter of the fourth transistor; and at least one first impedance formed of one or of a plurality of passive components coupling the common collector of the first and second transistors to the common collector of the third and fourth transistors, a base of the second transistor being coupled to the collector of the third and fourth transistors and a base of the fourth transistor being coupled to the collector of the first and second transistors.