Coded data generation or conversion – Analog to or from digital conversion – With particular solid state devices
Reexamination Certificate
2007-08-09
2009-12-08
Barnie, Rexford N. (Department: 2819)
Coded data generation or conversion
Analog to or from digital conversion
With particular solid state devices
C341S144000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07629909
ABSTRACT:
In a circuit to convert a voltage range of a control signal, a first switch selectively couples, based on the control signal, an output node to a first reference voltage when the output node is to be in a first state. A second switch selectively establishes, based on the control signal, a second reference voltage when the output node is to be in a second state, the second state being a logical complement of the first state. A feedback control loop is coupled to the output node to maintain the second reference voltage in response to voltage fluctuation at the output node. The feedback control loop includes a current mirror and a transistor coupled to the current mirror. The transistor is controlled by feedback from the output node to modify a biasing current established by the current mirror to thereby counteract the voltage fluctuation.
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Cesura Giovanni Antonio
Ghittori Nicola
Jamal Shafiq M.
Rezzi Francesco
Barnie Rexford N.
Lauture Joseph
Marvell International Ltd.
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