Patents by Inventor Winslow Sargeant

Winslow Sargeant has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6316977
    Abstract: There is provided a low charge-injection charge pump for supplying charge into a charge summing node to generate a low noise output voltage. The charge pump includes a PMOS current source coupled between a first PMOS switch and a charge summing node. The charge pump also has a NMOS current source coupled between a first NMOS switch and the charge summing node. The switches operate to turn ON the current sources to allow charge to flow into, or out of, the charge summing node to increase or decrease the voltage present on the charge summing node. The positioning of the switches away from the charge summing node serves to prevent channel charges in the first PMOS switch and in the first NMOS switch from flowing into the charge summing node when either of the two switches are turned OFF. Furthermore, a second PMOS switch and a second NMOS switch are employed to dissipate channel charges flowing from the channels of the first PMOS and NMOS switches when those switches are turned OFF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: PMC-Sierra, Inc.
    Inventor: Winslow Sargeant