Integrated circuit with trimmable passive components

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1992-03-31

2000-08-15

Cunningham, Terry D.

Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and

Specific identifiable device, circuit, or system

Unwanted signal suppression

327337, 327555, 327562, 327563, H03B 100

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061042358

ABSTRACT:
An integrated circuit having a passive circuit component that can be adjusted following the manufacturing process to provide a precise absolute value for resistance or capacitance. A plurality of passive elements are selectively combinable using logic gates to include or exclude each element from a network, wherein the combined value of the included passive elements equals the value of the passive circuit component. The logic gates are set by outputs from a decoder to reduce the required inputs to the chip.

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