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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sung-Hun Oh, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Kenneth M Potts, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Assignee:
VLSI Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
341136 ; 341144 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a power reduction digital-to-analog (DA) converter current source cell. The power reduction DA converter current source cell is comprised of a DA current source cell for sending a current to a current steering matrix and a switching means coupled to the DA current source cell for dynamically controlling the power dissipation of the DA converter current source cell when the current is not required.