Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Signal converting – shaping – or generating – Amplitude control
Patent
1997-03-12
1998-08-18
Callahan, Timothy P.
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Signal converting, shaping, or generating
Amplitude control
327309, 327427, 327530, 327535, 327205, 327536, H03K 1756
Patent
active
057962855
ABSTRACT:
In a voltage-limiting circuit, the voltage to be limited is applied to the terminals of a resistive line, and the current flowing in this line is amplified by a current mirror that thus produces a reference current. A current-controlled voltage source receives this reference current and produces a reference voltage. This reference voltage is given to a hysteresis comparator that switches over for two distinct values of the voltage to be regulated. The disclosed device is particularly useful in the field of the load pumps used in electrically programmable memories.
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Callahan Timothy P.
Le Dinh
SGS-Thompson Microelectronics S.A.
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