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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
William Edward Keasler, Jr., Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Globespan Virata Incorporated, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 ;
Abstract
The invention is a method and apparatus for a digital DSL line driver that comprise a multi stage delta-sigma modulator with a high current 1-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) output stage. By adding the high current drive capability to the 1-bit DAC in a delta-sigma digital-to-analog converter the traditional DSL line driver used in digital subscriber lines applications is made less complex and it saves on the overall power consumption. The invention uses a transistor switch arrangement to save the overall power by alternately switching “ON” some the transistors while having other transistor turned “OFF”.