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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Donnacha Lowney, Dublin, IE;
Christophe Erdmann, Dublin, IE;
Assignee:
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 1/00 (2006.01); H03K 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/162 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus relating generally to a current steering cell includes a first bleeder circuit, a second bleeder circuit, a steering circuit, and an output circuit. The first bleeder circuit and the second bleeder circuit are coupled to receive a first current-source bias voltage. The steering circuit is coupled to receive a second current-source bias voltage independent from the first current-source bias voltage.