Electrical transmission or interconnection systems – Nonlinear reactor systems – Parametrons
Patent
1986-02-13
1987-09-08
Miller, Stanley D.
Electrical transmission or interconnection systems
Nonlinear reactor systems
Parametrons
307455, 307467, 307255, 377 73, 377 81, 323316, 340347M, H03K 19003, H03K 19086, H03K 19092, H03K 2114
Patent
active
046926410
ABSTRACT:
A serial-to-parallel converter receiving a clock signal and continuous serial stream of input data, each having TTL logic levels, produces parallel outputs for driving current switches of a digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The data and clock signals each are converted to ECL logic levels by a pair of emitter-coupled differential lateral PNP transistors having their collectors coupled to a pair of NPN current mirror circuits, the outputs of which drive the bases and emitters of a pair of NPN emitter follower transistors, resulting in very high bandwidth operation. Master-slave ECL shift register bit outputs are directly coupled, without emitter followers, to ECL inputs of output latches that drive the DAC current switches, resulting in substantially reduced power consumption and chip area. Saturation of the emitter-coupled NPN transistors of the latch circuit is avoided by providing an upper supply voltage level for the load resistors of the master-slave shift register bits that is one diode drop lower than the upper supply voltage level for the load resistors of the latch circuit. A unique ECL one-shot circuit responds to an external latch enable control signal having TTL logic levels to produce internal complementary ECL enable signals that enable the output latches.
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Bertelson David R.
Burr-Brown Corporation
Miller Stanley D.
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