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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2000
Abolfazl Khosrowbeygi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hongyu Li, Cupertino, CA (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to advantages discovered in connection with controlling DC current passing between and adversely affecting cascaded current-mode blocks. According to a particular example application, the present invention includes first and second cascaded current-mode circuit blocks, and a circuit-replication and comparison block adapted to replicate the operation and output impedance of the first current-mode circuit block and to replicate the operation and input impedance of the second current-mode circuit block. This replication-comparison block includes a differential comparator adapted to detect and correct for a voltage differential corresponding to current passing from the first current-mode circuit block and the second current-mode circuit block. This approach can result in a number advantages relating to improvements in terms of various operational aspects including, for example, reductions in power consumption.