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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
May. 21, 2019
Applicant:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/66 (2006.01); H03M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes: a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuit having a digital portion to receive a digital value and an analog portion to generate an analog voltage based on the digital value; and a refresh circuit coupled to the DAC circuit to clock gate provision of a first clock signal to the DAC circuit when the digital portion is inactive.