Method of increased supply rejection on single-ended complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) switches

• US 10,608,630 B1
• Filed: 06/26/2018
• Issued: 03/31/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xilinx, Inc. (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Xilinx, Inc. (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.)
• Inventors: Cical, Ionut C., Collins, Diarmuid, Jennings, John K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Houston, Adam D
• Application Number:
  US16/019,150
• Time in Patent Office: 644 Days
• Field of Search: 327108-112
• CPC Class Codes: G05F 1/44 semiconductor devices only
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 27/024 using a capacitive memory element G11C27/04 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 27/026 associated with an amplifier G11C27/028 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 5/147 Voltage reference generators, voltage or current regulators; Internally lowered supply levels; Compensation for voltage drops G11C5/141 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 7/02 with means for avoiding parasitic signals
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/161 in field-effect transistor switches
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/6872 using complementary field-effect transistors
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 2217/0054 Gating switches, e.g. pass gates
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 1/0845 of power supply variations, e.g. ripple
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 1/1245 Details of sampling arrangements or methods
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 1/34 Analogue value compared with reference values H03M1/48 takes precedence

Abstract

A complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) switching system with increased supply rejection is disclosed. The system comprises a voltage regulator and a CMOS circuit. The voltage regulator receives a supply voltage and generates a regulated voltage by regulating an amplitude of the received supply voltage. The CMOS circuit includes an input terminal to receive a first voltage, switching circuitry to selectively couple the CMOS circuit to the voltage regulator in one of a plurality of configurations, and an output terminal to output a second voltage based at least in part on the first voltage and the regulated voltage when the CMOS circuit is coupled to the voltage regulator in a first configuration of the plurality of configurations.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a voltage regulator to receive a supply voltage and generate a regulated voltage by regulating an amplitude of the received supply voltage; and

a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) circuit including;

an input terminal to receive a first voltage;

switching circuitry to selectively couple the CMOS circuit to the voltage regulator in one of a plurality of configurations; and

an output terminal to output a second voltage based at least in part on the first voltage and the regulated voltage when the CMOS circuit is coupled to the voltage regulator in a first configuration of the plurality of configurations;

wherein the CMOS circuit further includes an N-type metal-oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor to generate the second voltage when the first voltage is below a threshold voltage level, the NMOS transistor comprising;

a drain coupled to the input terminal;

a source coupled to the output terminal; and

a gate switchably coupled to one of the voltage regulator or a ground potential via a first switch of the switching circuitry.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the voltage regulator is configured to attenuate noise in the supply voltage to stabilize an amplitude of the regulated voltage.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first switch is configured to couple the gate of the NMOS transistor to the voltage regulator in the first configuration.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the CMOS circuit includes a P-type metal-oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistor to generate the second voltage when the first voltage is above a threshold voltage level, the PMOS transistor comprising:

a source coupled to the input terminal;

a drain coupled to the output terminal; and

a gate switchably coupled to one of the voltage regulator or a ground potential via a second switch of the switching circuitry.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the second switch is configured to couple the gate of the PMOS transistor to the ground potential in the first configuration.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to receive the second voltage from the CMOS circuit and the regulated voltage from the voltage regulator, and to convert the second voltage to a digital sample by comparing the second voltage to the regulated voltage.

7. A system, comprising:

a voltage regulator to receive a supply voltage and generate a regulated voltage by regulating an amplitude of the received supply voltage;

a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) circuit including;

an NMOS transistor having a drain coupled to an input terminal of the CMOS circuit, a source coupled to an output terminal of the CMOS circuit, and a gate switchably coupled to the voltage regulator;

a PMOS transistor having a drain coupled to the output terminal of the CMOS circuit, a source coupled to the input terminal of the CMOS circuit, and a gate switchably coupled to the voltage regulator; and

switching circuitry to selectively couple the gate of the NMOS transistor or the gate of the PMOS transistor to the voltage regulator.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the voltage regulator is configured to attenuate noise in the supply voltage to stabilize an amplitude of the regulated voltage.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the switching circuitry is configured to activate the CMOS circuit by coupling the gate of the NMOS transistor to the voltage regulator.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the switching circuitry is configured to deactivate the CMOS circuit by coupling the gate of the PMOS transistor to the voltage regulator.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the CMOS circuit is configured to:

receive a first voltage at the input terminal; and

output a second voltage at the output terminal based at least in part on the first voltage and the regulated voltage when the gate of the NMOS transistor is coupled to the voltage regulator.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to receive the second voltage from the CMOS circuit and the regulated voltage from the voltage regulator, and to convert the second voltage to a digital sample by comparing the second voltage to the regulated voltage.

13. A method, comprising:

receiving a supply voltage;

generating a regulated voltage by regulating an amplitude of the received supply voltage; and

selectively providing the regulated voltage to a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) circuit in one of a plurality of configurations to cause the CMOS circuit to;

receive a first voltage; and

output a second voltage based at least in part on the first voltage and the regulated voltage when the regulated voltage is provided to the CMOS circuit in a first configuration of the plurality of configurations;

wherein the CMOS circuit includes an N-type metal-oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor to generate the second voltage when the first voltage is below a threshold voltage level, the NMOS transistor comprising;

a drain to receive the first voltage;

a source to output the second voltage; and

a gate to selectively receive the regulated voltage.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the generating comprises:

attenuating noise in the supply voltage to stabilize an amplitude of the regulated voltage.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein selectively providing comprises:

providing the regulated voltage to the gate of the NMOS transistor in the first configuration.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the CMOS circuit includes a P-type metal-oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistor to generate the second voltage when the first voltage is above a threshold voltage level, the PMOS transistor comprising:

a source to receive the first voltage;

a drain to output the second voltage; and

a gate to selectively receive the regulated voltage.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

coupling a ground potential to the gate of the PMOS transistor in the first configuration.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

providing the regulated voltage to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to cause the ADC to convert the second voltage to a digital sample by comparing the second voltage to the regulated voltage.