Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor circuit and method for providing configurable reference voltage with full-scale range
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Application No.: US17672378Application Date: 2022-02-15
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Publication No.: US11791834B2Publication Date: 2023-10-17
- Inventor: Yu-Jie Huang , Mu-Shan Lin , Chien-Chun Tsai
- Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
- Current Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: WPAT Law
- Agent Anthony King
- Main IPC: H03M1/66
- IPC: H03M1/66 ; H03M1/74 ; G05F3/16 ; G05F3/26 ; G05F3/20 ; G05F1/59

Abstract:
A semiconductor circuit and a method of operating the same are provided. The semiconductor circuit comprises a first digital-to-analog converter configured to generate a first output current in response to a first binary code, and a second digital-to-analog converter configured to generate a second output current in response to a second binary code associated with the first binary code. The semiconductor circuit further comprises a first current-to-voltage converter configured to generate a first candidate voltage based on the first output current, and a second current-to-voltage converter configured to generate a second candidate voltage based on the second output current. The semiconductor circuit further comprises a multiplexer configured to output the target voltage based on the first candidate voltage or the second candidate voltage. The target voltage includes a configurable range associated with the second binary code.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230261668A1 SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONFIGURABLE REFERENCE VOLTAGE WITH FULL-SCALE RANGE Public/Granted day:2023-08-17
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