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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2012
Shawn Bawell, Amherst, NH (US);
Jean-marc Mourant, Dunstable, MA (US);
Feng-jung Huang, San Antonio, TX (US);
Shawn Bawell, Amherst, NH (US);
Jean-Marc Mourant, Dunstable, MA (US);
Feng-Jung Huang, San Antonio, TX (US);
Integrated Device Technology Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Hybrid-coding, multi-cell architecture and operating techniques for step devices provide advantages over binary-coded and thermometer-coded step devices by minimizing or avoiding glitches common in the transient response of binary-coded step devices and by minimizing or avoiding significant increases or degradation in one or more of area, package dimensions, pin counts, power consumption, insertion loss and parasitic capacitance common to thermometer-coded step devices having equivalent range and resolution.