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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110210878 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLE-OUTPUT COMPARATORS AND ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS An analog-to-digital converter with comparators with multiple, inter-coupled, outputs is provided, which may be also called a Benorion Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) or a Benorion Converter. The analog-to-digital converter includes a plurality of comparators operably... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20100283647 | PROGRAMMABLE DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER A multi-mode digital-to-analog converter (DAC) configured to operate in a plurality of modes.... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100207791 | SAR ADC AND METHOD WITH INL COMPENSATION An apparatus for analog-to-digital conversion using successive approximation is provided. There is a successive approximation register or SAR controller for providing a digital code representing a conversion result, and an integral non-linearity (INL) compensator config... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100164771 | EXPONENTIAL DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER A system for generating a programmable exponential analog output signal, comprising a digital to analog conversion circuit for converting said digital signal into an analog output signal, the digital to analog conversion circuit having a substantially exponential transf... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100156685 | SAR ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER HAVING VARIABLE CURRENTS FOR LOW POWER MODE OF OPERATION A successive approximation analog-to-digital converter includes a capacitor array having a plurality of switch capacitors therein with varying weights, each having a common plate connected to a common node and a switched plate. A SAR controller samples an input voltage ... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100097253 | LOW POWER LINEAR INTERPOLATION DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERSION A resistor network digital-to-analog converter (DAC) subdivides each sampling clock cycle of the DAC into a number of phases. For at least one bit input of the DAC associated with a desired input resistor weight, the input bit value is sampled at each phase. Each of tho... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100007536 | RAPID RECOVERY CIRCUIT When a semiconductor circuit, in which a stabilizing capacitor 2 for stabilizing a reference voltage Vbias is connected to a reference voltage terminal RT, recovers from a power down state to an operational state, a current mirror circuit 40 provides curre... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090179783 | D/A CONVERSION CIRCUIT, ORGANIC EL DRIVE CIRCUIT AND ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE A D/A converter of the current switching type has a first current mirror circuit that D/A converts the upper (n−m) digits in n bit data to be converted and a weighting current circuit block or a second current mirror circuit that D/A converts the lower m digits in the... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090167579 | D/A CONVERSION CIRCUIT In an mode of this invention, a digital/analog conversion circuit, includes: a digital/analog conversion portion which outputs a first current according to an input digital signal; and a first current mirror circuit which generates a mirror current according to the firs... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20080291068 | CURRENT OUTPUT CIRCUIT WITH BIAS CONTROL AND METHOD THEREOF A current output circuit with bias control and a method thereof are provided. The current output circuit includes a current mirror circuit comprising a first transistor and a second transistor having respectively two drains, and a control circuit coupled to the current ... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080106447 | Digital to Analogue Conversion A method of Digital to Analogue conversion of an input signal Do for suppressing the effect of clock-jitter in a Delta-Sigma analogue to digital converter, or class D amplifier, comprises charging a capacitor to a reference voltage value (Vref) dur... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080024340 | Current driven D/A converter and its bias circuit A current driven D/A converter sets an OFF control voltage (BIAS3) for turning off NMOS transistors M12P, M12N, M22P, M22N, M32P and M32N at a voltage close to an ON control voltage (BIAS2). This makes it possible ... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20050110665 | D/A converter circuit, organic EL drive circuit and organic EL display device In a D/A converter circuit including a current mirror circuit constructed with an input side transistor circuit and an output side transistor circuit, the input side transistor circuit comprises a series circuit of a first MOS transistor and a second MOS transistor and ... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050067969 | D/A converter circuit, organic EL drive circuit and organic EL display device A current mirror type D/A converter circuit is constructed with transistor cells each including a MOS transistor, a gate region of which MOS transistor has folded stripe configuration in a plan view thereof, or a current flowing direction in a channel of which is a fold... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050052298 | Digital-to-analog converter circuits including independently sized reference current source transistors and methods of operating same Digital-to-analog converter circuits can include independently sized first and second current source transistors coupled to respective pluralities of first and second current provider transistors in current mirror configurations. The first and second current provider tr... | 03/10/2005 |
