Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Specific identifiable device – circuit – or system – With specific source of supply or bias voltage
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-06
2010-11-23
Donovan, Lincoln (Department: 2816)
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Specific identifiable device, circuit, or system
With specific source of supply or bias voltage
C327S543000, C323S316000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07839206
ABSTRACT:
A design structure that includes at least one tunneling device voltage reference circuit for use in low voltage applications is disclosed. The tunneling device voltage reference circuit includes a pair of voltage dividing device stacks, one having a linear voltage output and the other having a non-linear voltage output. A feedback circuit supplies a regulated voltage to each of the voltage dividing stacks so that the output voltages of the two device stacks equalize. Once the feedback circuit has locked, any one of the device stack output voltages and the regulated voltage may be used as a voltage reference.
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Abadeer Wagdi W.
Chu Albert M.
Cain David
Donovan Lincoln
Englund Terry L
International Business Machines - Corporation
Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole P.C.
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