Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Specific signal discriminating without subsequent control – By amplitude
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-22
2008-10-07
Tra, Quan (Department: 2816)
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Specific signal discriminating without subsequent control
By amplitude
Reexamination Certificate
active
07432744
ABSTRACT:
A circuit for setting a reference voltage in a floating gate circuit is configured as a precise voltage comparator circuit with a built-in programmable voltage reference. Once the one or more floating gates in the floating gate circuit are set during the a SET operation, the floating gate circuit is configured during a READ mode as a comparator circuit with a built-in voltage reference.
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