发明授权
- 专利标题: Shared-array multiple-output digital-to-analog converter
- 专利标题(中): 共享阵列多输出数模转换器
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申请号: US12813540申请日: 2010-06-11
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公开(公告)号: US08164499B1公开(公告)日: 2012-04-24
- 发明人: Richard Booth , Paulius Mosinskis , Phillip Johnson , David Onimus
- 申请人: Richard Booth , Paulius Mosinskis , Phillip Johnson , David Onimus
- 申请人地址: US OR Hillsboro
- 专利权人: Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
- 当前专利权人: Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址: US OR Hillsboro
- 代理机构: Mendelsohn, Drucker & Associates, P.C.
- 主分类号: H03M1/00
- IPC分类号: H03M1/00
摘要:
In an exemplary decision-feedback equalizer (DFE) of a serializer/deserializer (SerDes) receiver, a single current mirror array is shared by multiple current digital-to-analog converter (IDAC) functions. The DFE has an initial amplifier stage that applies an initial coefficient COEFF0 to an input data signal and a number of (e.g., five) additional amplifier stages that apply additional coefficients (e.g., COEFF1-COEFF5) to different delayed versions of the recovered output data stream. The outputs of the initial and multiple additional amplifier stages are summed to generate an equalized data signal that is applied to a clock-and-data recovery (CDR) circuit. Due to certain characteristics of the equalizer function, the multiple additional amplifier stages can be implemented using a single shared current mirror array, which save significant amounts of chip area compared to conventional implementations in which each additional amplifier stage has its own dedicated current mirror array.
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