PROGRAMMABLE PAD CAPACITANCE FOR SUPPORTING BIDIRECTIONAL SIGNALING FROM UNTERMINATED ENDPOINTS

110 105 120 AA o rem©e die C1 125 115 FIG. 1 (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 23 August 2018 (23.08.2018) WI P0 I PCT 0111111010 0111 °nolo OH VIII VIII mo IH Env oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/151948 Al (51) International Patent Classification: H03K 19/00 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/016444 (22) International Filing Date: 01 February 2018 (01.02.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 15/433,814 15 February 2017 (15.02.2017) US (71) Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED [US/US]; ATTN: International IP Administration, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). (72) Inventors: POWERS, Scott; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121 (US). BRYAN, Thomas; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121 (US). TOHMC, Andrew; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121 (US). MORUSUPALLI, Subrahmanya Pradeep; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121 (US). WEE, Tin Tin; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121 (US). DUBOWSKI, Kenneth; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121 (US). (74) Agent: HALLMAN, Jonathan W.; Suite 700, 2323 Vic- tory Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75219 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, (54) Title: PROGRAMMABLE PAD CAPACITANCE FOR SUPPORTING BIDIRECTIONAL SIGNALING FROM UNTERMI- NATED ENDPOINTS © (57) : A die is provided havi