Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Current control circuit
- Patent Title (中): 电流控制电路
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Application No.: US12382789Application Date: 2009-03-24
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Publication No.: US07808410B2Publication Date: 2010-10-05
- Inventor: Sang-kyu Kim , Dae-young Chung
- Applicant: Sang-kyu Kim , Dae-young Chung
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronic Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronic Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: KR10-2008-0033875 20080411
- Main IPC: H03M1/00
- IPC: H03M1/00

Abstract:
Provided is a current control circuit. A current control circuit may include a clock sensing unit configured to generate a control signal according to one or more frequencies based on a plurality of clock signals, and a current scaling unit configured to scale a bias current according to the control signal. The current control circuit according to example embodiments may dynamically control a bias current according to one or more frequencies based on a plurality of clock signals so that power consumption of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and the semiconductor device including the ADC, which require various operating frequencies, may be improved.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090256733A1 Current control circuit Public/Granted day:2009-10-15
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