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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:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tim Blankenship, Austin, TX (US);
Stephen Bily, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/04 ; H03K 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/04 ; H03K 3/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides improved techniques for controlling current flow in an amplifier circuit. Specific embodiments provide steering of analog outputs of digital to analog converters in order to drive columns of an LCD display. Embodiments can provide a full range of voltage output to drive an LCD display without necessitating a full range amplifier configuration. Further, many specific embodiments can be realized in smaller space on an IC chip than in conventional technologies.