Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Specific identifiable device – circuit – or system – With specific source of supply or bias voltage
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-18
2006-07-18
Tra, Quan (Department: 2816)
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Specific identifiable device, circuit, or system
With specific source of supply or bias voltage
C323S313000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07078958
ABSTRACT:
A bandgap reference voltage generator includes, in part, a first closed-loop circuit having a first operational amplifier and adapted to generate a first current with a positive temperature coefficient and a second closed-loop circuit having a second operational amplifier and adapted to generate a second current with a negative temperature coefficient. The bandgap reference voltage generator is further adapted to include a multitude of output stages. Each output stage may be independently scaled to sum any selected multiple of the first current to any selected multiple of the second current to generate an output voltage having either a nearly zero, a positive or a negative temperature coefficient. For example, the first output stage may be scaled to generate a reference output voltage with a nearly zero temperature coefficient. Similarly, the second output stage may be scaled to generate a reference output voltage with a negative temperature coefficient.
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Ahuja Bhupendra Kumar
Gower Richard Leigh
Exar Corporation
Townsend and Townsend / and Crew LLP
Tra Quan
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