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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2015
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Donnacha Lowney, Dublin, IE;
Christophe Erdmann, Dublin, IE;
XILINX, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one example, a current steering circuit for a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) includes a source-coupled transistor pair responsive to a differential gate voltage; a current source coupled to the source-coupled transistor pair operable to source a bias current; a load circuit coupled to the source-coupled transistor pair operable to provide a differential output voltage; a driver having a first input, a second input, and a differential output, the differential output providing the differential gate voltage; and combinatorial logic having a data input, a clock input, a true output, and a complement output, the true output and the complement output respectively coupled to the first input and the second input of the driver, the combinatorial logic operable to exclusively OR a data signal on the data input and a clock signal on the clock input.