The application relates to a
line driver impedance calibration
overvoltage protection circuit and method, which is applied to an
Ethernet and comprises a first impedance calibration circuit and an
overvoltage protection circuit. The first impedance calibration circuit comprises a plurality of first transmission gates, two ends of each first
transmission gate are connected with a first
resistor and a second
resistor respectively, and the first
transmission gate can be controlled to be turned on or turned off to adjust the impedance between the
line driver and the first connection end to a preset value. The
overvoltage protection circuit is used for detecting the amplitude of the opposite end
signal received by the
hybrid circuit, comparing the amplitude of the opposite end
signal with a predetermined threshold value, outputting a comparison
signal, and controlling the amplitude of the local end signal sent by the
line driver according to the comparison signal. The application can realize impedance calibration, the
transmission gate works at the intermediate
voltage, the
voltage interval range is smaller, the overvoltage of the transmission gate is protected, the tolerance of the reliability of the
Ethernet is better, the amplitude of the local end is limited, and then the overvoltage protection of the impedance calibration is realized.