CMOS power-on reset circuit

Details CMOS power-on reset circuit CMOS power-on reset circuit

1992-06-01

1994-11-29

Callahan, Timothy P.

Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and

Signal converting, shaping, or generating

Synchronizing

327198, 327546, H03K 1728, H03K 524

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053693108

ABSTRACT:
A CMOS power-on reset circuit has a delay capacitor to provide a predetermined delay period. Charging and discharging of the delay capacitor is controlled by the state of a flipflop circuit. An input comparator monitors a power supply input voltage. An invalid input voltage level immediately changes the reset output signal to the invalid state and discharges the capacitor. Even after the input voltage has recovered to a valid level, recharging the capacitor is delayed until the capacitor has substantially discharged, thereby ensuring at least a predetermined delay period after the last fault condition. The delay capacitor is coupled in a feedback configuration so as to lower the threshold voltage when the delay capacitor voltage indicates to the valid state, to allow limited power supply sag, for example due to motor start-up, without resetting the circuit. Multiple power supply voltages are continuously monitored in a CMOS integrated configuration by additional input scaling resistor networks and input comparators, all coupled to the common 2-level threshold voltage node.

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Shorthill, "Power Supply Voltage Monitors Maintain Microprocessors Data Integrity", PCIM, Jun. 1990.

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