Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High speed, high voltage multiplexer
- Patent Title (中): 高速,高压多路复用器
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Application No.: US13034438Application Date: 2011-02-24
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Publication No.: US08493255B2Publication Date: 2013-07-23
- Inventor: Shankar Thirunakkarasu , Robert E. Seymour
- Applicant: Shankar Thirunakkarasu , Robert E. Seymour
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Alan A. R. Cooper; Wade J. Brady, III; Frederick J. Telecky, Jr.
- Main IPC: H03M1/12
- IPC: H03M1/12 ; G11C27/02

Abstract:
A method for digitizing at least a portion of a selected analog input signal of a plurality of analog input signals by using a multiplexer having a plurality of channels is provided. Each channel for the multiplexer is associated with at least one of the analog input signals and is associated with a pair of select signals, and wherein each channel includes a cell having an input terminal, an output terminal, and a boosted NMOS switch. According to the method, a first select signal from each pair of select signals is asserted to decouple the input and output terminals for each cell. A boost capacitor is also charged during the non-sampling or conversion phase while the first select signal from each pair of select signals is asserted. A second select signal that is associated with the selected analog input signal is then asserted so as to couple together the input and output terminals for the cell associated with the selected analog input signal and to provide a voltage stored on the boost capacitor to the associated boosted NMOS switch. The portion of the selected analog input signal is then digitized.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120218133A1 HIGH SPEED, HIGH VOLTAGE MULTIPLEXER Public/Granted day:2012-08-30
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