ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,556, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).
"Retimer with slicer level adjustment" was invented by Ani Xavier (Bangalore, India) and Jagannathan Venkataraman (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In described examples, a retimer includes a reference voltage generator, first, second, third, and fourth comparators, a hit sensor, a window results comparison circuit, and a window control circuit. First inputs of the first, second, third, and fourth comparators receive samples of a data stream. First, second, third, and fourth outputs of the reference voltage generator are coupled to respective second...