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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1998
Wenzhe Luo, Allentown, PA (US);
Wenzhe Luo, Allentown, PA (US);
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A current switching circuit has greatly reduced charge injection effects with the introduction of a mirror path to mirror the switch path. The mirror path comprises a complementary switch and a pulling amplifier, e.g., a pull-down amplifier for a source current switching circuit, or a pull-up amplifier for a sink current switch circuit. The pulling amplifier mirrors the status of an output path of a current source, e.g., a transistor current source, such that when the current source is switched ON or OFF, the switching process with respect to the load, e.g., a load capacitor, is smooth and provides a clean current waveform due to greatly reduced charge injection.
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