ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,631, issued on July 7, was assigned to MediaTek Inc. (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).
"Digital-to-analog converters with triode switches" was invented by Nathan Egan (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Current steering digital-to-analog converters (DACs) are described. These DACs are suitable for high speed operation. Weight transistors conventionally used in DACs are replaced with resistors, resulting in a lower RC constant. Further, the resistors cause a smaller voltage drop, thus improving the voltage headroom of the DAC. Additionally, the current steering switches are biased in the triode region, as opposed to the saturation r...