Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated generator of a slow voltage ramp
- Patent Title (中): 集成发电机的缓慢电压斜坡
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Application No.: US09824534Application Date: 2001-04-02
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Publication No.: US06384645B2Publication Date: 2002-05-07
- Inventor: Davide Brambilla , Mauro Cleris
- Applicant: Davide Brambilla , Mauro Cleris
- Priority: EP00830249 20000331
- Main IPC: H03K406
- IPC: H03K406

Abstract:
An integrated circuit for producing a small slope voltage ramp includes a circuit for generating a periodic triangular current signal, and a circuit for generating, at the beginning of each period of the triangular signal, a pulse of a certain duration which is much smaller than the period of the triangular signal. A control loop is input at a node with the triangular current signal and produces the desired slow voltage ramp on the output node. The control loop includes a first hold circuit coupled to the input node via a first switch controlled by the pulse, and a transconductance operational amplifier, whose inputs are respectively coupled to the input node and to the output node. Also, the control loop includes a second hold circuit coupled to the output of the operational transconductance amplifier via a second switch controlled in a complementary manner with respect to the first switch. A resistor of a much smaller value than the ratio between the period of the triangular signal and the capacitance of the storage capacitor of the first hold circuit is connected between the output of the second hold circuit and the input node.
Public/Granted literature
- US20010043096A1 Integrated generator of a slow voltage ramp Public/Granted day:2001-11-22
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