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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:
Feb. 08, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;
Inventors:
Matteo Dalla Longa, Villach, AT;
Francesco Conzatti, Villach, AT;
Assignee:
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/50 (2006.01); H03M 1/06 (2006.01); H03M 1/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/066 (2013.01); H03M 1/66 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, a circuit includes a current digital-to-analog converter (DAC) having a current switching network coupled to a current DAC output, a first cascode current source coupled between a first supply node and the current switching network, a second cascode current source between a second supply node and the current switching network, and a shorting switch coupled between a first cascode node of the first cascode current source, and a second cascode node of the second cascode current source.