High speed, low power, current mode comparator

Details High speed, low power, current mode comparator High speed, low power, current mode comparator

1999-03-04

1999-12-28

Tran, Toan

Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and

Specific signal discriminating without subsequent control

By amplitude

327 55, G11C 706, H03K 522

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060086734

ABSTRACT:
A current regenerative comparator. A pair of cross coupled inverters are coupled to an equalizing transistor, an input current mirror and a reference current mirror, such that current flowing in the input current mirror is compared to the current flowing in the reference current mirror.

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