A subscriber station for a bus system and a method for reducing line-related emissions in a bus system are provided. The subscriber station includes an edge controller for symmetrizing switching edges in the bus system. The edge controller includes an element for generating a setpoint voltage characteristic on a bus in the bus system and a current mirror for transmitting the generated setpoint voltage characteristic to the bus.

An apparatus for performing baseline wander correction is provided. The apparatus may include: a plurality of filters, a common mode voltage generator, and a compensation circuit. The plurality of filters may filter a set of input signals to generate a set of differential signals, the common mode voltage generator may generate a common mode voltage between the set of differential signals, and the compensation circuit may perform compensation related to baseline wander correction on the set of differential signals. Multiple current paths of the compensation circuit are associated with each other. Through a first current path and a second current path within the current paths, the compensation circuit may perform charge or discharge control on a first capacitor and a second capacitor within the plurality of filters to dynamically adjust compensation amounts of the compensation, to reduce or eliminate a baseline wander effect of the set of differential signals.

An electronic apparatus is disclosed that implements a distributed differential interconnect. In an example aspect, the electronic apparatus includes a first endpoint having a first differential connection interface and a second endpoint having a second differential connection interface. The electronic apparatus also includes a differential interconnect coupled between the first differential connection interface and the second differential connection interface. The differential interconnect includes a plus pathway and a minus pathway. The plus pathway extends between the first differential connection interface and the second differential connection interface, with the plus pathway including multiple plus conductors. The minus pathway extends between the first differential connection interface and the second differential connection interface, with the minus pathway including multiple minus conductors.

Methods and systems are described for obtaining a set of carrier-modulated symbols of a carrier-modulated codeword, each carrier-modulated symbol received via a respective wire of a plurality of wires of a multi-wire bus, applying each carrier-modulated symbol of the set of carrier-modulated symbols to a corresponding transistor of a set of transistors, the set of transistors further connected to a pair of output nodes according to a sub-channel vector of a plurality of mutually orthogonal sub-channel vectors, recovering a demodulation signal from the carrier-modulated symbols, and generating a demodulated sub-channel data output as a differential voltage on the pair of output nodes based on a linear combination of the set of carrier-modulated symbols by controlling conductivity of the set of transistors according to the demodulation signal.

Methods and systems are described for receiving a plurality of signals corresponding to symbols of a codeword on a plurality of wires of a multi-wire bus, and responsively generating a plurality of sub-channel outputs using a plurality of multi-input comparators (MICs) connected to the plurality of wires of the multi-wire bus, generating a plurality of wire-specific skew control signals, each wire-specific skew control signal of the plurality of wire-specific skew control signals generated by combining (i) one or more sub-channel specific skew measurement signals associated with corresponding sub-channel outputs undergoing a transition and (ii) a corresponding wire-specific transition delta, and providing the plurality of wire-specific skew control signals to respective wire-skew control elements to adjust wire-specific skew.

Methods and systems are described for receiving a plurality of signals via a plurality of wires of a multi-wire bus, the plurality of signals corresponding to symbols of a codeword of a vector signaling code, generating, using an interconnected resistor network connected to the plurality of wires of the multi-wire bus, a plurality of combinations of the symbols of the codeword of the vector signaling code on a plurality of output nodes, the plurality of output nodes including a plurality of pairs of sub-channel output nodes associated with respective sub-channels of a plurality of sub-channels, and generating a plurality of sub-channel outputs using a plurality of differential transistor pairs, each differential transistor pair of the plurality of differential transistor pairs connected to a respective pair of sub-channel output nodes of the plurality of pairs of sub-channel output nodes.

A differential coupling path is provided for power measurement communication between a host device and a line side device. The line side device couples to AC power grid to extract voltage signals and current signals using various voltage and current sensors. The extracted voltage signal and current signal are converted to digital signals by internal A/D converters within the line device and then sent to the host device through the differential coupling path coupled between the host device and the line side device. The host device may couple to one or more line side devices via multiple differential coupling paths.

A bidirectional data link includes a forward channel transmitter circuit and a forward channel receiver circuit. The forward channel transmitter circuit includes a forward channel driver circuit, and a back channel receiver circuit. The back channel receiver circuit is coupled to the forward channel driver circuit. The back channel receiver circuit includes a summation circuit and an active filter circuit. The summation circuit is coupled to the forward channel driver circuit. The active filter circuit is coupled to the summation circuit. The forward channel receiver circuit includes a forward channel receiver, and a back channel driver circuit. The back channel driver circuit is coupled to the forward channel receiver.

A driver circuit includes two pull-up portions coupled respectively between VDD and first and second driver output nodes and two pull-down sections coupled respectively between ground and third and fourth driver output nodes. The driver circuit is configurable as an RS485 driver or a CAN driver. The active diodes in the pull-up sections are turned off when necessary to prevent unwanted reverse currents between the first and second output nodes and VDD. The active diodes in the pull-down sections are turned off when necessary to prevent unwanted reverse current between ground and the third and fourth output nodes.

A memory device includes an internal clock generator, a deserializer, a data comparator, and a clock controller. The internal clock generator generates a plurality of internal clock signals, which have different phases from each other, by dividing a clock signal received from a host. The deserializer deserializes serial test data received from a host as pieces of internal data using the internal clock signals. The data comparator compares reference data with the internal data. The clock controller corrects a clock dividing start time point of the clock signal of the internal clock generator based on the result of the comparison of the reference data and the internal data.