Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Signal converting – shaping – or generating – Synchronizing
Patent
1999-06-30
2000-10-24
Le, Dinh T.
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Signal converting, shaping, or generating
Synchronizing
327198, 327539, H03L 700
Patent
active
061373249
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a power-on reset circuit that generates a precise power-on reset pulse with an upper threshold voltage that is highly insensitive to variations in temperature and integrated circuit fabrication processes. The power-on reset circuit of the present invention includes a self-biased current generator capable of receiving a supply voltage and generating a first current, which is proportional to an absolute temperature, in response to receiving the supply voltage. The power-on reset circuit of the present invention also includes a base-emitter voltage detector that is coupled to the self-biased current generator such that a second current flowing though the base-emitter voltage detector is substantially equal to the first current generated by the self-biased current generator. Furthermore, the power-on reset circuit of the present invention includes a (BiCMOS) inverter that is coupled to the base-emitter voltage detector such that the BiCMOS inverter generates the power-on reset pulse as the supply voltage is turned on. With such a power-on reset circuit of the present invention, the upper threshold voltage of the power-on reset pulse may be optimized to be independent of the absolute temperature and to be insensitive to variations in the power supply voltage and in integrated circuit fabrication process parameters. In addition, the upper threshold voltage of the power-on reset pulse of the present invention is independent of a voltage across a drain and source of any MOSFET (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) with the power-on reset circuit topology of the present invention.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5798669 (1999-09-01), Klughart
patent: 5883532 (1999-03-01), Bowers
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Advanced Micro Devices , Inc.
Choi Monica H.
Le Dinh T.
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