Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Binary weighted current source and digital-to-analog converter
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Application No.: US17133580Application Date: 2020-12-23
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Publication No.: US11251806B2Publication Date: 2022-02-15
- Inventor: Franco Maloberti , Alper Akdikmen , Bin Dai , Linsen Shi , Sen Liu
- Applicant: Microtera Semiconductor (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: CN Guangdong
- Assignee: Microtera Semiconductor (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Microtera Semiconductor (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: CN Guangdong
- Priority: CN202010695794.3 20200720
- Main IPC: H03M1/66
- IPC: H03M1/66 ; H03M1/74

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a binary weighted current source and a digital-to-analog converter, which include: a driving voltage generating circuit, generating a driving voltage based on a preset current; a current dividing circuit, connected to an output terminal of the driving voltage generating circuit; a current steering circuit, connected to the current dividing circuit. The current dividing circuit divides the driving voltage through resistors in series, and drives each of a plurality of current output transistors to output a current in response to a voltage across the current output transistor. Currents output by the plurality of current output transistor are binary weighted currents, each two of the binary weighted currents have a binary relationship, and the binary weighted currents are produced by successive binary divisions of the preset current.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220021397A1 BINARY WEIGHTED CURRENT SOURCE AND DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2022-01-20
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