Patent classifications
H03K17/005
AUTOMATIC INPUT/OUTPUT VOLTAGE CONTROL
An integrated circuit includes an input terminal, an input buffer circuit, an interface voltage control circuit, an output voltage selection circuit, an output driver circuit, and an output terminal. The input buffer circuit is coupled to the input terminal. The interface voltage control circuit is coupled to the input terminal. The output voltage selection circuit is coupled to the interface voltage control circuit. The output driver circuit is coupled to the output voltage selection circuit. The output terminal is coupled to the output driver circuit.
Transition once multiplexer circuit
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a low power multiplexer (MUX) circuit, including: a first data input coupled to an input of a first pass gate device; a second data input coupled to an input of a second pass gate device; a hold latch having an input coupled to a data output of the MUX circuit and an output coupled to an input of a supplemental pass gate device; and a pulse generator for generating a HOLD pulse signal, wherein the HOLD pulse signal is coupled to a control input of the supplemental pass gate device. The hold latch is configured to hold a previously valid output data signal of the MUX circuit until a valid input data signal is available at the first data input or the second data input.
High speed switching radio frequency switches
Embodiments described herein include radio frequency (RF) switches. In general, the embodiments described herein selectively bias the output terminals of one or more switching transistors in the RF switch. Such coupling can provide a bias that significantly reduces the effects of gate-lag. In one embodiment, the RF switch includes an antenna node, a first input/output (I/O) node, a second I/O node, a field-effect transistor (FET), a FET stack, and a bias coupling circuit. In this embodiment the bias coupling circuit electrically couples a gate terminal of the FET to one or more FET output terminals of the FET stack to provide a bias voltage to the output terminal(s).
Loss of signal detection circuit
Aspects of the disclosure provide for a circuit. In some examples, the circuit includes a first inverter coupled between first and second nodes, a second inverter coupled between third and fourth nodes, and a first logic circuit having a first input coupled to the second node, a second input coupled to the fourth node, and an output, a first positive feedback circuit coupled between the first and third nodes and having a control input. The first positive feedback circuit comprises a first switch coupled between the first and fifth nodes and having a control input, a second switch coupled between the third and sixth nodes and having a control input, a third inverter having an input coupled to the sixth node and an output coupled to the fifth node, and a fourth inverter having an input coupled to the fifth node and an output coupled to the sixth node.
Pixel structure
The disclosure provides a light emitting diode including a light emitting diode (LED), a first transistor, a second transistor and capacitor. A cathode terminal of the LED is configured to receive a first power supply voltage. A first port of the capacitor coupled to the gate of the first transistor is configured to store a data signal in a first duration. A first port of the second transistor is configured to receive a second power supply voltage. A gate of the second transistor is configured to receive a PWM signal in a second duration. A second port of the second transistor is coupled to the second port of the first transistor. The second transistor is turned on for a conducting time in the second duration according to the PWM signal, and the first transistor provides, in the conducting time, a drive current to the LED according to the data signal.
Automatic input/output voltage control
An integrated circuit includes an input terminal, an input buffer circuit, an interface voltage control circuit, an output voltage selection circuit, an output driver circuit, and an output terminal. The input buffer circuit is coupled to the input terminal. The interface voltage control circuit is coupled to the input terminal. The output voltage selection circuit is coupled to the interface voltage control circuit. The output driver circuit is coupled to the output voltage selection circuit. The output terminal is coupled to the output driver circuit.
Input buffer
The trend in wireless communication receivers is to capture more and more bandwidth to support higher throughput, and to directly sample the radio frequency (RF) signal to enable re-configurability and lower cost. Other applications like instrumentation also demand the ability to digitize wide bandwidth RF signals. These applications benefit from input circuitry which can perform well with high speed, wide bandwidth RF signals. An input buffer and bootstrapped switch are designed to service such applications, and can be implemented in 28 nm complementary metal-oxide (CMOS) technology.
Bidirectional analog multiplexer
An analog multiplexer includes inputs and one output. A switching circuit is coupled between each input and the output. Each switching circuit includes an NMOS switching module, having an on state and an off state, and a control module supplied by a first supply voltage and operating to reduce leakage currents of the NMOS switching module when in the off state. The control module further operates to make the first NMOS switching module bidirectional irrespective of voltages present at the input and at the output.
Biasing architectures and methods for lower loss switches
Biasing architectures and methods for lower loss switches. In some embodiments, a switching device can include a series arm having transistors implemented in a stack configuration between first and second nodes. The switching device can further include a shunt arm having transistors implemented in a stack configuration between the first node and a ground node. The switching device can further include a bias architecture having a series arm bias circuit and a shunt arm bias circuit. The series arm bias circuit can be configured to bias the transistors of the series arm and include a gate-gate resistor that couples each pair of neighboring transistors. The shunt arm bias circuit can be configured to bias the transistors of the shunt arm and include a gate-gate resistor that couples each pair of neighboring transistors.
RF switch with digital gate threshold voltage
A method of implementing a radio frequency (RF) switch comprises the steps of forming a first switch device on an integrated circuit substrate, forming a second switch device on the integrated circuit substrate, connecting the first switch device between a first pad and a second pad of the integrated circuit, connecting the second switch device between the second pad and a third pad of the integrated circuit, directly connecting a first control pad of the integrated circuit for receiving a first digital control signal to a control terminal of the first switch device, and directly connecting a second control pad of the integrated circuit for receiving a second digital control signal to a control terminal of the second switch device. A threshold voltage of the first and second switch devices is generally modified to allow being directly driven by the first digital control signal or the second digital control signal.