ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,731, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Marvell Asia Pte Ltd (Singapore).
"Active cable interface with hybrid direct drive and re-timer integration" was invented by Tonmoy Shankar Mukherjee (Camarillo, Calif.) and Lenin Patra (Dublin, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Interface circuitry for an active cable includes a first active cable interface configured for coupling to a first end of the active cable, and a second active cable interface configured for coupling to a second end of the active cable. The first active cable interface includes first transmitter circuitry including linear driving circuitry or non-linear driving circui...