The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2009
Qiong Wu, San Jose, CA (US);
Kevin Mahooti, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Qiong Wu, San Jose, CA (US);
Kevin Mahooti, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A sample-and-hold feed switch has parallel PMOS branches and parallel NMOS branches, each extending from an input node to an output node connected to a hold capacitor. Each PMOS branch has a PMOS switch FET connected to a matching PMOS dummy FET, and each NMOS branch has an NMOS switch FET connected to a matching NMOS dummy FET. A sample clock switches the PMOS switch FETs on and off, and a synchronous inverse sample clock effects complementary on-off switching of the PMOS dummy FETs. Concurrently, a synchronous inverse sample clock switches the NMOS switch FETs on and off, and the sample clock effects a complementary on-off switching of the NMOS dummy FETs. A bias sequencer circuit biases the bodies of the PMOS switch FETs and the bodies of the PMOS dummy FETs, in a complementary manner, and biases the NMOS switch FETs and the NMOS dummy FETs, also in a complementary manner. The on-off switching of the PMOS dummy FETs injects charge, cancelling a charge injection by the PMOS signal switch FETs, and injects glitches cancelling glitches injected by the PMOS signal switch FETs. The on-off switching of the NMOS dummy FETs injects charge that cancels a charge injection by the NMOS signal switch FETs, and injects glitches that cancels glitches injected by the NMOS signal switch FETs.