Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Current-mode signal path of an integrated radio frequency pulse generator
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Application No.: US17816146Application Date: 2022-07-29
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Publication No.: US11757431B2Publication Date: 2023-09-12
- Inventor: Sudipto Chakraborty , John Francis Bulzacchelli , David James Frank
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Amin, Turocy & Watson, LLP
- Main IPC: H03K3/012
- IPC: H03K3/012 ; G06N10/40 ; H03D7/12 ; H03M1/66 ; H03D7/14

Abstract:
One or more systems, devices and/or methods of use provided herein relate to a device that can support a signal generation. A current-mode end-to-end signal path can include a digital to analog converter (DAC) operating in current-mode and an upconverting mixer, operating in current-mode and operatively coupled to the DAC. Analog inputs and outputs of the DAC and upconverting mixer can be represented as currents, and the DAC can generate a baseband signal. The DAC and upconverting mixer each can comprise switching transistors of the same type, such as p-type metal-oxide semiconductor (PMOS) switching transistors. In one or more embodiments, a current source and a diode-connected transistor can be arranged in parallel in the current-mode signal path, and the current source passes a static current, while the diode-connected transistor passes both a static current and a dynamic current.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230208402A1 CURRENT-MODE SIGNAL PATH OF AN INTEGRATED RADIO FREQUENCY PULSE GENERATOR Public/Granted day:2023-06-29
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