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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/66 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus relating generally to digital-to-analog conversion is disclosed. In such an apparatus, a digital-to-analog converter ('DAC') device includes a source DAC and a sink DAC selectively coupled to one another. The source DAC provides a first bias to the sink DAC in a sink mode, and the sink DAC provides a second bias to the source DAC in a source mode.