Invention Application
- Patent Title: Very low-power comparison device
- Patent Title (中): 超低功耗比较装置
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Application No.: US09795055Application Date: 2001-02-26
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Publication No.: US20010028260A1Publication Date: 2001-10-11
- Inventor: Christophe Garnier
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.A.
- Applicant Address: FR Gentilly
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: FR Gentilly
- Priority: FR0002473 20000228
- Main IPC: H03K005/22
- IPC: H03K005/22

Abstract:
The device for the comparison of the levels of two input signals MI, PI includes a first comparator COMP1, the switching of the comparator being expressed by a change-over of the output OUT1 of the comparator from a first logic state into a second logic state, the change-over of the output OUT1 from one logic state null0null into the other state null1null being faster than the change-over in the other direction. The device also includes a second comparator COMP2 with an identical structure, to whose input the signals to be compared are applied invertedly so that the switching operations in the comparators are inverted. The output of each comparator is applied to an associated logic circuit 1, 2 capable of accelerating the inverse switching in the other comparator for a change in the output corresponding to the fastest change-over.
Public/Granted literature
- US06366137B2 Very low-power comparison device Public/Granted day:2002-04-02
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