WO2009133658A1 - 多信号スイッチ回路、電流スイッチセル回路、ラッチ回路、電流加算型dac、及び半導体集積回路、映像機器、通信機器 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a countermeasure for preventing a timing error due to a device mismatch or the like in a multi-signal switch circuit, and obtaining a good distortion characteristic even at a high speed in a D / A converter using the switch circuit.
- switch circuits are used in a wide variety of applications in semiconductor integrated circuits.
- An example of using a switch circuit is a current addition type D / A converter (hereinafter referred to as DAC).
- FIG. 1 is a switch circuit
- 10 is a current switch cell
- I is a current source
- O is a non-inverting output terminal
- NO is an inverting output terminal.
- the current switch cells 10 are connected in parallel by the number determined according to the number of bits.
- Each current switch cell 10 includes the current source I connected to a power supply voltage, and the switch circuit 1 connected between the current source I, the non-inverting output terminal O, and the inverting output terminal NO.
- the switch circuit 1 is switched according to the digital input value, and it is selected whether the current output from the current source I is supplied to the non-inverted output terminal O or the inverted output terminal NO.
- Patent Document 1 Such a configuration is described in Patent Document 1.
- the differential analog output value corresponding to the digital input value is obtained by controlling the switch circuit 1 according to the digital input value.
- a resistor is connected to each of the non-inverting output terminal O and the inverting output terminal NO to convert an output current into a voltage.
- FIG. 8B shows the internal configuration of the current source I of the current switch cell 10.
- S1 to S2 are switches
- D1 is a first control signal
- D2 is a second control signal
- vbias1 is a first bias voltage
- vbias2 is a second bias voltage
- P1 is a current source transistor
- P2 is a cascode transistor.
- the current source I includes the current source transistor P1 and the cascode transistor P2 connected in series, and the first and second bias voltages vbias1 and vbias2 are supplied to the respective gate terminals.
- the switch S1 is connected between the current source I and the non-inverted output terminal O, and the switch S2 is connected between the current source I and the inverted output terminal NO.
- the switch S2 is driven by the second control signal D2 by the first control signal D1.
- the timing at which the control signal is switched is important, and there is a problem that if the change timing of the control signal deviates from a desired timing, it causes glitches and distortion. For this reason, a switch control circuit for controlling the switch circuit 1 is provided so that glitches and distortion do not occur.
- the configuration of a conventional switch control circuit for controlling such a switch circuit 1 is shown in FIGS. 9 (a) and 9 (b).
- IN1 is a first input signal
- IN2 is a second input signal
- D1 is a first control signal
- D2 is a second control signal
- CLK is a clock
- 2 is a switch.
- a control circuit, 4 is a switch
- 5 is an inverter (or buffer)
- 11a and 11b are 2-input latch circuits.
- the first input signal IN1 and the second input signal IN2 constitute a differential signal.
- the switch 4 is controlled by the clock CLK so that the timings of the two input signals IN1 and IN2 are aligned and input to the subsequent circuit.
- the switch 4 inputs the input signals IN1 and IN2 to the 2-input latch circuit 11a only when the clock is “H”, and the input of the 2-input latch circuit 11a is OPEN when the clock is “L”. Become. Therefore, the first two-input latch circuit 11a plays a role of holding a signal even when the input becomes OPEN.
- the held signal is buffered by the inverter 5, and the final signal is latched by the two-input latch circuit 11 b so as not to cause a timing error, and is output to the switch circuit 1.
- an Nch transistor N1 is connected to each of the two input terminals of the two-input latch circuit 11a, and a switch 4 composed of an Nch transistor is connected in series with the Nch transistor N1. Connected. When the switch 4 is OFF, the input data path is invalid, and the output data is held by the 2-input latch circuit 11a regardless of the input data. When the switch is turned on, since the input data path is valid, an inverted signal is output with respect to the input.
- the two-input latch circuit 11 (a) shown in FIG. 9 (a) is composed of two inverters, and each inverter has one of two differential signals IN1 and IN2 as an input and the other one. Are connected to the output.
- the two inverters are connected with their input and output inverted to form a latch circuit.
- the latch circuit As another configuration of the latch circuit, as shown in FIG. 10, two two-input NAND circuits are used, and one of the differential input signals and the output of the other NAND circuit are respectively input to two inputs of the NAND circuit. There is also a configuration for inputting.
- the two signals IN1 and IN2 input to the 2-input latch circuit 11a change, they are differential signals, so that one changes from “H” to “L” and the other from “L” to “H”. To do.
- the signal that should change from “H” to “L” is delayed in timing from the signal that changes from “L” to “H”.
- one of the inverters starts to change to “H” while the output remains “H”.
- the output of the inverter that is, the other signal starts to change to “L” by the inverter.
- the two differential input signals are changed at the same timing by the latch circuit 11a, and a timing error can be prevented.
- the same operation is performed, and thus description thereof is omitted.
- FIG. 11A shows a configuration example of a conventional switch control circuit in the case of having two pairs of control signals.
- D3 is a third control signal
- D4 is a fourth control signal
- NCLK is an inverted output clock
- 6 ′′ is a NAND circuit.
- the switch control circuit 2 includes four NAND circuits 6 ''. Each of the four NAND circuits 6 '' includes the first input signal IN1 and the clock CLK, the second input signal IN2 and the clock CLK, the first input signal IN1 and the inverted clock NCLK, The second input signal IN2 and the inverted clock NCLK are input.
- the output of each NAND circuit 6 ′′ is buffered by the buffer 5 and becomes the first to fourth control signals D 1 to D 4.
- the above is the configuration of the conventional 4-input switch control circuit 2.
- the first and second control signals D1 and D2 output differential signals while the clock CLK is “H”, while the clock CLK is “L”.
- the third and fourth control signals D3 and D4 output differential signals. Further, the period during which no differential signal is output is reset. That is, a value as shown in FIG.
- the switch circuit 1 shown in FIG. 12A includes switches S1 and S3 between the current source I and the non-inverting output terminal O, and a switch S2 between the current source I and the inverting output terminal NO.
- the switch S1 is a first control signal D1
- the switch S2 is a second control signal D2
- the switch S3 is a third control signal D3
- the switch S4 is Driven by the fourth control signal D4.
- the switch circuit 1 can be realized by a pair of switches, but the switch circuit 1 shown in FIG. 12A has two pairs of switches S1 and S2 and switches S3 and S4. Has a switch. These two pairs of switches S1 to S4 alternately output a differential signal, and are reset while the differential signal is not output, that is, both are OFF.
- the same number of switches among the four switches change between ON and OFF every clock cycle, so the noise generated in the source voltage that is the common node of the switches is around the sampling frequency. Appears concentrated on.
- this switch circuit is used in a DAC, there is an advantage that noise in the signal band is reduced by concentrating noise components on the high frequency side. This configuration is called Differential-quad-switching and is described in Non-Patent Document 1.
- the switch to be turned on when the switch to be turned on is switched from the switch S1 to the switch S3, for example, the current of the current source I flows from the state of flowing through the switch S1 to the non-inverting output terminal O to flowing through the switch S3 to the non-inverting output terminal O. Switch to state. At this time, the timing at which the switch S1 is turned from ON to OFF and the timing at which the switch S3 is turned from OFF to ON do not completely match, and the current output from the non-inverting output terminal O fluctuates transiently. However, when the switch to be turned on is switched from the switch S2 to the switch S4, the current viewed from the non-inverting output terminal O is a change from zero to zero, and no fluctuation occurs. Thus, there is a problem that the frequency of the noise component viewed from the non-inverting output terminal O and the inverting output terminal NO has data dependence.
- FIGS. 12B and 12C show another example of the current switch cell circuit 10.
- D5 is a fifth control signal
- D6 is a sixth control signal
- S5 and S6 are switches
- OR is a reset output terminal
- Ia and Ib are current sources.
- 12B has two current sources Ia and Ib, a switch S1 between the current source Ia and the non-inverting output terminal O, a switch S2 between the current source Ia and the inverting output terminal NO, and a non-inverting current source Ib.
- a switch S3 is connected between the output terminals O, a switch S4 is connected between the current source Ib and the inverted output terminal NO, a switch S5 is connected between the current source Ia and the reset output terminal OR, and a switch S6 is connected between the current source Ib and the reset output terminal OR.
- the switches S1 and S2 and the switches S3 and S4 alternately output differential signals. While the differential signal is not output, the current of the current source I is output to the reset output terminal OR. With such a configuration, the same number of switches change the ON and OFF states for each clock, as in differential quad-switching.
- the circuit shown in FIG. 12 (c) uses only half of FIG. 12 (b). During the period in which the switches S1 and S2 output no signal and the current is output to the reset output terminal OR, the output of the DAC is also in the reset state.
- RTZ Return-to-zero
- a latch circuit composed of two inverters is inserted between the input signal and the output signal to effectively eliminate the timing error between the differential signals.
- a multi-signal switch circuit having three or more signals there is a period in which a differential signal is not output. Therefore, such a latch circuit composed of two inverters cannot be used, resulting in a timing error. It was.
- the source voltage that is a common node does not generate data-dependent noise, but the noise component viewed from the output side includes data. There was a problem of dependence.
- a first object of the present invention is to effectively prevent a timing error between signals in a multi-signal switch circuit having three or more signals.
- the second object of the present invention is to eliminate the data dependency of noise seen from the output side of the source voltage, which is a common node of the switches, in the current switch cell circuit, and to make this noise uniform regardless of data changes.
- the purpose is to have frequency components.
- the multi-signal switch circuit of the present invention employs a configuration that has three or more control signals and simultaneously latches three or more signals to prevent timing errors between the control signals. To do.
- a capacitance is connected between a plurality of input signal terminals, a non-inverting output terminal, and an inverting output terminal to change the current path. If noise due to is not generated, generate noise due to capacitive coupling, or provide a pair of reset switches separately from the pair of signal output switches, and if the signal output switch does not switch, reset By switching the switch, the fluctuation period of the common source voltage is made constant, and the data dependency of noise viewed from the output side of the common source voltage is eliminated.
- the multi-signal switch circuit according to the present invention has N (N is 3 or more) switch elements, and the N switch elements include N control signals for switching between conduction and non-conduction. , And M (3 ⁇ M ⁇ N) control signals control timings at which they change.
- the current switch cell circuit of the present invention includes a current source circuit, a differential switch circuit having a pair switch element of L pairs (L is 2 or more), a non-inverting output node, and an inverting output node.
- L In a current switch cell circuit that selects whether the current output from the circuit flows to the non-inverted output node or the inverted output node, L control signals for controlling a switch element connected to the inverted output node;
- Each of L capacitors is connected between the non-inverting output node, and each of the L control signals for controlling the switch elements connected to the non-inverting output node and another inverting output node. It is characterized in that one capacitor is connected.
- the capacitance value is set so that the noise caused by changes in the current path is equal to the effect of noise due to capacitive coupling
- the noise seen from the output side is also the noise seen from the source side, which is a common node.
- it has a uniform frequency component without depending on the data.
- the latch circuit of the present invention has M (M is 3 or more) signals, and each of the M signals feeds back another (M ⁇ 1) signals.
- the current switch cell circuit of the present invention includes a current source circuit, a switch circuit having a K pair (K is 1 or more) pair switch element and a reset switch element for reset, a non-inverting output node, an inverting output node, A reset output node, wherein any one of the pair switch elements and any one of the reset switch elements are simultaneously turned on, and a current output from the current source circuit is supplied to the non-inverting output node or the inverting output node. Any one of the above and a reset output node are shunted.
- the current from the current source circuit is shunted to flow to either one of the pair switch elements for data output and one of the reset switch elements of the pair.
- the pair switch element for switching is switched and the reset switch element of the pair is not switched.
- the pair switch element for data output is not switched and the reset switch element of the pair is switched.
- the period of variation is constant.
- the timing error between the signals can be prevented, and in the current switch cell circuit, the period of fluctuation of the common source voltage can be reduced. It is possible to eliminate the data dependency of noise as seen from the output side of the common source voltage by making it constant.
- FIG. 1A is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a multi-signal switch circuit according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention
- FIG. 1B is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a switch control circuit included in the multi-signal switch circuit.
- (c) is a diagram showing an internal configuration of a 4-input latch circuit provided in the switch control circuit
- (d) is a diagram showing an internal configuration of another 4-input latch circuit provided in the switch control circuit
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another example of the internal configuration of the switch control circuit.
- FIG. 2A is a diagram showing a modification of the switch control circuit
- FIG. 2B is a diagram showing an internal configuration of a three-input latch circuit provided in the switch control circuit.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a current switch cell circuit according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 4A is a diagram showing an internal configuration of a 4-input latch circuit according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention, and FIG. 4B is a diagram showing a specific example of the 4-input latch circuit.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a modification of the 4-input latch circuit.
- FIG. 6A is a diagram showing a configuration of a current switch cell circuit according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention, and FIG. 6B is a diagram showing a modification of the current switch cell circuit.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of a conventional current addition type DAC.
- FIG. 8A is a diagram showing a configuration example of a conventional current switch cell circuit
- FIG. 8B is a diagram showing an internal configuration of a current source included in the current switch cell circuit.
- FIG. 9A is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a conventional switch control circuit
- FIG. 9B is a diagram illustrating another configuration example of the switch control circuit.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a conventional 2-input latch circuit.
- FIG. 11A is a diagram showing the configuration of a conventional 4-input switch control circuit
- FIG. 11B is a diagram for explaining the output of four control signals from the 4-input switch control circuit.
- 12A is a diagram showing a configuration of a conventional current switch cell
- FIG. 12B is a diagram showing another configuration of the current switch cell
- FIG. 12C is a diagram showing still another configuration of the current switch cell.
- FIG. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a configuration of a conventional differential quad-switching type current switching cell.
- FIGS. 1A to 1D show a multi-signal switch circuit according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- 3a and 3b are 4-input latch circuits, 6 'is a NOR circuit, 6 "is a NAND circuit, and 7 is a latch unit cell.
- the switches in the switch circuit 1 are driven by the four control signals D1 to D4 output from the switch control circuit 2.
- FIG. 1B shows the internal configuration of the switch control circuit 2.
- Four control signals IN1 to IN4 are input to four switches 4 that are simultaneously opened and closed by a clock CLK, and the outputs of the four switches 4 are four inputs. Propagation proceeds in turn to the latch circuit 3a, the inverter (or buffer) 5, and the 4-input latch circuit 3b.
- the 4-input latch circuit 3a includes four latch unit cells 7. Each latch unit cell 7 has a NOR circuit 6 '. In each NOR circuit 6 ′, the output is connected to one of the four input control signals IN1 to IN4, and the remaining three signals other than the signal connected to the output are input.
- the 4-input latch circuit 3b includes four latch unit cells 7. Each latch unit cell 7 has a NAND circuit (logic circuit) 6 ′′ as a switch element. In each NAND circuit 6 ′′, its output is connected to one of four input signals IN1 to IN4, respectively, and the remaining three signals other than the signal connected to its output are input.
- the NAND circuit 6 ′′ is used when one of the four signals IN1 to IN4 is “L” and three are “H”, and the logic circuit is appropriately selected depending on the combination of signals. select.
- the above is the configuration of the multi-signal switch circuit according to the first embodiment. Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described.
- the switch control circuit 2 in FIG. 1B will be described.
- the four switches 4 are controlled by the clock CLK so that the change timings of the four input signals IN1 to IN4 are aligned and input to the 4-input latch circuit 3a.
- the input signals IN1 to IN4 are input to the 4-input latch circuit 3a only during the period when the clock is “H”, and the input of the 4-input latch circuit 3a is OPEN during the period when the clock is “L”. Therefore, the 4-input latch circuit 3a plays a role of holding a signal even when the input becomes OPEN.
- the held signal is buffered by the inverter 5, and a final signal is latched by the 4-input latch circuit 3b so as not to cause a timing error between the four signals IN1 to IN4, and is output to the switch circuit 1.
- the switch control circuit 2 shown in FIG. 2 connects an input transistor N1 made of an Nch transistor to each of four input terminals of the 4-input latch circuit 3b, and a switch 4 made of an Nch transistor in series with each of these input transistors N1. It is a connected configuration.
- timing design is performed in advance so that the input signals IN1 to IN4 change while the clock CLK is “L”. While the clock CLK is “L”, the output signals do not change because the four switches 4 are OFF even if the input signals IN1 to IN4 change. Meanwhile, the output signal is held by the 4-input latch circuit 3b.
- the input signals IN1 to IN4 are changed while the clock CLK is “L”, when the switch 4 is turned ON, the input signals IN1 to IN4 become valid at the timing when the clock CLK changes from “L” to “H”. The output signal changes. In this way, the signal synchronized with the clock CLK is latched by the 4-input latch circuit 3 b and output to the switch circuit 1.
- the four-input latch circuit 3b having the four input signals IN1 to IN4
- only one of the four input signals is always “L” and the other three input signals are “H”.
- the timing of the input signal to be “L” is delayed from the desired timing, when the other three input signals change to “H”, all three inputs of the NAND circuit 6 ”are“ H ”. Therefore, the input signal connected to the output of the NAND circuit 6 ′′ starts to change to take “L”. Therefore, a timing shift between the four input signals IN1 to IN4 can be reliably adjusted by using the four-input latch circuit 3b.
- the switch control circuit 2 having the four input signals IN1 to IN4, by inserting the four-input latch circuit 3b for simultaneously controlling the timings of the four input signals IN1 to IN4, the input signals IN1 to IN4 are controlled. A timing error can be prevented from occurring.
- the 4-input switch control circuit 2 can deal with not only the case of 4 input signals but also the case of having 3 input signals or 5 input signals or more.
- a specific example of the switch control circuit used for the three-input signal is shown in FIG. It is also possible to use 3 inputs in combination such as 2 sets.
- FIG. 3 shows an example of the configuration of the current switch cell circuit according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the current switch cell circuit 10 used for the current addition type DAC or the like flows or inverts the current of the current source (current source circuit) I supplied from the power source to the non-inverted output terminal O as described in the conventional example.
- the switch circuit 1 selects whether to flow to the output terminal NO.
- the switch circuit 1 has a switch control circuit 2 shown in FIG. 1B, and the first to fourth control signals D1 to D4 from the switch control circuit 2 are inputted.
- the switch circuit 1 includes a pair of pair switches (pair switch elements) S1 and S2 that operate according to the first and second control signals D1 and D2, and the other that operates according to the third and fourth control signals D3 and D4.
- the gate-drain capacitance of the switch S1 is between the terminal D1 and the non-inverting output terminal O
- the gate-drain capacitance of the switch S3 is between the terminal D3 and the non-inverting output terminal O.
- the capacitance value is set so that the influence of noise caused by the gate-drain capacitance of the switch is equal to the influence of noise caused by the capacitors C1 to C4, the noise viewed from the output side is also a common node.
- the noise seen from the source side also has a uniform frequency component without depending on the data.
- capacitors are inserted between the non-inverting output terminal and the multiple signals on the inverting output side, and between the inverting output terminal and the multiple signals on the non-inverting output side. By doing so, it becomes possible to make the noise seen from the output side uniform frequency.
- MOS capacitors may be used for the capacitors C1 to C4.
- the differential-quad-switching circuit has been described.
- the present invention can also be applied to an RTZ (Return-to-zero) -switching circuit having a plurality of pairs of switches.
- FIG. 13 shows a differential quad-switching type current switching cell in this case as an example.
- noise components in the signal band can be reduced by making the noise viewed from the output side of the current switch cell circuit a uniform frequency.
- the circuit having the non-inverting output terminal O and the inverting output terminal NO has been described as the current switch cell circuit 10.
- a configuration having a reset output terminal may be used. good.
- Embodiment 3 Next, Embodiment 3 of the present invention will be described.
- 4 and 5 show a 4-input latch circuit according to the third embodiment.
- reference numeral 6 denotes a logic circuit, which is provided one by one corresponding to four input signals. Each logic circuit 6 feeds back three input signals of the four input signals to the remaining one input signal. That is, one of the four input signals is connected to the output of its own logic circuit 6, and the remaining three input signals are connected to the input of its own logic circuit 6. This is used as a latch unit cell 7 to feed back each input signal. Therefore, in the case of a 4-input latch circuit, four latch unit cells 7 are required. At that time, an appropriate logic circuit is selected according to the correlation between the four input signals. For example, in the case of a circuit in which only one of the four input signals is always “L” and the other three input signals are “H”, the logic circuit 6 is configured as shown in FIG.
- the NAND circuit 6 ′′ may be used as shown in FIG.
- FIG. 1 Another configuration example of the 4-input latch circuit 3 is shown in FIG.
- four NOR circuits 6 ' are provided for four input signals.
- one input signal and the outputs of the other three NOR circuits 6' are input to its own NOR circuit 6 '.
- This configuration example can be used for a circuit in which only one of the four input signals is always “L” and the other three input signals are “H”.
- the logic circuit 6 ' is appropriately selected according to the relationship between the four input signals.
- the above is the configuration of the 4-input latch circuit in the third embodiment.
- the timing can be adjusted by feeding back each other input signal to each input signal. Therefore, the latch circuit shown in FIGS. 4A, 4B and 5 is employed as the latch circuit 3b in the switch control circuit 1 shown in FIG.
- the present invention can be applied not only to the case of four-input signals but also to the case of having three-input signals or five-input signals or more. It can be used for a control circuit or the like.
- FIG. 6 shows a current switch cell circuit according to the fourth embodiment.
- the current switch cell circuit 10 a configuration having a pair of reset output terminals OR1 and OR2, and a non-inverted output terminal O, an inverted output terminal NO, and the pair of reset output terminals (reset output nodes) OR1 and OR2, respectively. It is characterized by the configuration in which the resistor R is connected.
- the current switch cell circuit 10 shown in FIG. 6A includes a switch circuit 1, and the switch circuit 1 includes a switch control circuit 2 similar to that shown in FIG. First to fourth control signals D1, D2, D5, and D6 from the circuit 2 are input.
- the switch circuit 1 includes a pair of pair switches (pair switch elements) S1 and S2 that operate according to the first and second control signals D1 and D2, and the other that operates according to the fifth and sixth control signals D5 and D6.
- the pair switch reset switch element for reset
- the switch S1 is between the current source I and the non-inverting output terminal O
- the switch S2 is between the current source I and the inverting output terminal NO
- the switch S5 is between the current source I and the reset output terminal OR1
- a switch S6 is connected between I and the reset output terminal OR2.
- switch circuit 1 Although only one switch circuit 1 is shown in FIG. 6, when a current addition type DAC is formed, this switch circuit 1 is used as a sub switch circuit, and two or more sub circuits as shown in FIG. The switch circuit 1 is connected in parallel.
- a multi-signal switch circuit having the switch control circuit 2 of FIG. 1B is configured with one or more predetermined sub-switch circuits 1 as a unit.
- the current output from the current source I is the conduction of one of the two differential switches S1 and S2 and one of the two differential reset switches S5 and S6.
- the current is diverted to the state switch.
- the period of fluctuation of the source voltage becomes constant.
- the non-inverted output is caused by the difference between the drain-source voltages of the switches S1, S2, S5, and S6.
- the current output to the terminal O or the inverted output terminal NO and the current output to any one of the reset output terminals OR1 and OR2 are not equal.
- the drain-source voltage of the switch S1, S2 that is turned on and the drain-source voltage of the reset switch S5, S6 that is turned on are as equal as possible.
- Resistors are connected to the reset output terminals OR1 and OR2.
- the present embodiment can be similarly applied to a current switch cell in which a current is supplied from the ground and a current switch cell circuit is configured using an Nch transistor.
- the noise seen from the switch common node of the current switch cell circuit can be made to have a uniform frequency.
- the present invention since the present invention has a multi-signal switch circuit capable of improving timing accuracy and distortion, a current addition type DAC, a semiconductor integrated circuit having the multi-signal switch circuit, a video device, It is useful as a communication device.
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図1(a)~(d)は本発明の実施形態1における多信号スイッチ回路を示したものである。
次に、本実施形態1の動作を説明する。
図3は、本発明の実施形態2における電流スイッチセル回路の構成の一例を示したものである。
次に、本発明の実施形態3を説明する。図4及び図5は本実施形態3における4入力ラッチ回路を示す。
続いて、本発明の実施形態4を説明する。
IN2 第2の入力信号
IN3 第3の入力信号
IN4 第4の入力信号
D1 第1の制御信号
D2 第2の制御信号
D3 第3の制御信号
D4 第4の制御信号
D5 第5の制御信号
D6 第6の制御信号
CLK クロック
NCLK 反転クロック
1 スイッチ回路
2 スイッチ制御回路
34 入力ラッチ回路
4 スイッチ
5 インバータ(バッファ)
6 論理回路
6’ NOR回路
6’’ NAND回路
7 ラッチ単位セル
93 入力ラッチ回路
10 電流スイッチセル
112 入力ラッチ回路
I 電流源
Ia、Ib 電流源
O 非反転出力端子
NO 反転出力端子
OR リセット出力端子
OR1、2 リセット出力端子
P1 電流源トランジスタ
P2 カスコードトランジスタ
N1 入力トランジスタ
S1~S6 スイッチ
C1~C4 容量
vbias1 第1のバイアス電圧
vbias2 第2のバイアス電圧
Claims (21)
- N個(Nは3以上)のスイッチ素子を有し、
前記N個のスイッチ素子には、導通/非導通を切り替えるためのN個の制御信号が入力され、
M個(3≦M≦N)の前記制御信号が、互いに変化するタイミングを制御し合うこと
を特徴とする多信号スイッチ回路。 - 前記請求項1記載の多信号スイッチ回路において、
前記M個の制御信号を同時にラッチするラッチ回路を備えて、相互にタイミング制御を行う
ことを特徴とする多信号スイッチ回路。 - 前記請求項2記載の多信号スイッチ回路において、
前記ラッチ回路は、論理回路からなる
ことを特徴とする多信号スイッチ回路。 - スイッチ回路を用いて、電流源から出力される電流を流す経路を選択する電流スイッチセル回路において、
前記スイッチ回路は、前記請求項1~3の何れか1項に記載の多信号スイッチ回路である
ことを特徴とする電流スイッチセル回路。 - 電流源回路と、L対(Lは2以上)のペアスイッチ素子を有する差動スイッチ回路と、非反転出力ノードと、反転出力ノードとを備え、
前記電流源回路から出力される電流を、前記非反転出力ノード又は反転出力ノードの何れに流すかを選択する電流スイッチセル回路において、
前記差動スイッチ回路は、請求項1~3何れかに記載の多信号スイッチ回路である
ことを特徴とする電流スイッチセル回路。 - 前記請求項5記載の電流スイッチセル回路において、
前記L対のペアスイッチ素子は、各々、何れかのスイッチ素子がL周期に一度導通し、残りの期間は非導通となる
ことを特徴とする電流スイッチセル回路。 - 電流源回路と、K対(Kは1以上)のペアスイッチ素子及びリセット用のリセットスイッチ素子を有するスイッチ回路と、非反転出力ノードと、反転出力ノードと、リセット出力ノードとを備え、
電流源回路から出力される電流を、前記非反転出力ノード、反転出力ノード、及びリセット出力ノードの何れに流すかを選択する電流スイッチセル回路において、
前記スイッチ回路は、前記請求項1~3の何れか1項に記載の多信号スイッチ回路である
ことを特徴とする電流スイッチセル回路。 - 前記請求項7記載の電流スイッチセル回路において、
前記K対のペアスイッチ素子の何れかとリセットスイッチ素子とは交互に導通する
ことを特徴とする電流スイッチセル回路。 - 電流源回路と、K対(Kは1以上)のペアスイッチ素子及びリセット用のリセットスイッチ素子を有するサブスイッチ回路と、非反転出力ノードと、反転出力ノードと、リセット出力ノードとを備え、
前記電流源回路から出力される電流を、前記非反転出力ノード、反転出力ノード及びリセット出力ノードの何れに流すかを選択する回路を、J個(Jは2以上)並列に接続して1つの電流スイッチセル回路とし、
前記サブスイッチ回路の1個又はP個(2≦P≦J)のサブスイッチ回路が、前記請求項1~3の何れか1項に記載の多信号スイッチ回路である
ことを特徴とする電流スイッチセル回路。 - 前記請求項9記載の電流スイッチセル回路において、
前記K×J対のペアスイッチ素子は、各々、何れかのスイッチ素子がK×J周期に一度導通し、
前記電流源回路が非反転出力ノードにも反転出力ノードにも接続されない場合はリセットスイッチ素子が導通する
ことを特徴とする電流スイッチセル回路。 - 前記請求項9又は10記載の電流スイッチセル回路において、
前記J個のサブスイッチ回路を2つ以上のスイッチ回路で構成し、1つ以上のスイッチ回路が前記請求項1~3の何れか1項に記載の多信号スイッチ回路である
ことを特徴とする電流スイッチセル回路。 - 前記請求項1~3の何れか1項に記載の多信号スイッチ回路又は前記請求項4~11の何れか1項に記載の電流スイッチセル回路を用いる
ことを特徴とする電流加算型DAC。 - M個(Mは3以上)の信号を持ち、このM個の信号の各々は、他の(M-1)個の信号をフィードバックする
ことを特徴とするラッチ回路。 - 前記請求項13記載のラッチ回路において、
M個(Mは3以上)の信号とM個の論理回路を持ち、
前記M個の信号の各々は対応する論理回路の出力に接続されており、
前記M個の論理回路の各々は、出力に接続されている信号以外の(M-1)個の信号が自己の論理回路の入力に入力されている
ことを特徴とするラッチ回路。 - 前記請求項13記載のラッチ回路において、
M個(Mは3以上)の信号とM個の論理回路を持ち、
前記M個の論理回路の各々は、他の(M-1)個の論理回路の出力及び1つの信号を入力とする
ことを特徴とするラッチ回路。 - 前記請求項2又は3記載の多信号スイッチ回路において、
前記請求項13~15の何れか1項に記載のラッチ回路を用いた
ことを特徴とする多信号スイッチ回路。 - 前記請求項13~15の何れか1項に記載のラッチ回路又は請求項16記載の多信号スイッチ回路を用いた
ことを特徴とする電流スイッチセル回路。 - 前記請求項13~15の何れか1項に記載のラッチ回路又は請求項16記載の多信号スイッチ回路を用いた
ことを特徴とする電流加算型DAC。 - 前記請求項1~3及び16の何れか1項に記載の多信号スイッチ回路、請求項4~11及び17の何れか1項に記載の電流スイッチセル回路、請求項12又は18に記載の電流加算型DAC、又は請求項13~15の何れか1項に記載のラッチ回路を搭載した
ことを特徴とする半導体集積回路。 - 前記請求項1~3及び16の何れか1項に記載の多信号スイッチ回路、請求項4~11及び17の何れか1項に記載の電流スイッチセル回路、請求項12又は18に記載の電流加算型DAC、又は請求項13~15の何れか1項に記載のラッチ回路を搭載した
ことを特徴とする映像機器。 - 前記請求項1~3及び16の何れか1項に記載の多信号スイッチ回路、請求項4~11及び17の何れか1項に記載の電流スイッチセル回路、請求項12又は18に記載の電流加算型DAC、又は請求項13~15の何れか1項に記載のラッチ回路を搭載した
ことを特徴とする通信機器。
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