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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2020
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assaf Ben-Bassat, Haifa, IL;
Ofir Degani, Nes-Ammin, IL;
Anna Nazimov, Haifa, IL;
Naor Shay, Rehovot, IL;
Ina Shternberg, Haifa, IL;
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are described to address P-MOS bias temperature instability (BTI) stress issues within capacitive radio frequency digital-to-analog converter (CDAC) using a circuit architecture solution that functions to protect the transistors in various operating conditions. Techniques are disclosed that function to float one or both of the negative and positive power supply rail voltages higher or lower, respectively, for CDAC cells depending upon various operating scenarios. These scenarios include the transmitting state of individual CDAC cells and the transmitting state of the CDAC array in which the CDAC cell is implemented.