Low power high speed CMOS current switching circuit

Details Low power high speed CMOS current switching circuit Low power high speed CMOS current switching circuit

1995-01-05

1996-08-20

Callahan, Timothy P.

Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and

Gating

Accelerating switching

327434, 327437, 327436, H03K 1704

Patent

active

055482384

ABSTRACT:
A high speed CMOS current switching circuit suitable for use in digital to analog converters for graphic interfaces having high pixel clock rates, and such interfaces as may be used in portable and other battery operated or low power consumption applications. In operation, the current switching circuit normally steers an idle current to ground. If the bit of the digital to analog converter input digital signal represented by the respective source is a 1, the input signal representing the bit is delayed slightly while the current steered to ground is increased from the idle value to the full desired output current, whereupon at the end of the delay, the device coupling the output current to ground is turned off, thereby forcing the output current through an output device. A low power current steering circuit which can perform dynamic current steering without affecting switching speed performance is also disclosed. During the mode `off,` the path from current source to ground is completely cut off, so that at this mode there is no power consumption. Prior to turning to the `on` mode, the current source I.sub.B is first turned on to establish a stable current and to bias all the related nodes. The current steering circuitry is then turned to mode `on` to achieve a smooth transition. Similarly, the transition from mode `on` to `off` is achieved by steering the current to ground first and then cutting off the current source. Various embodiments are disclosed.

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