Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Comparator with offset compensation
- Patent Title (中): 具有偏移补偿的比较器
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Application No.: US11038386Application Date: 2005-01-21
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Publication No.: US07208980B2Publication Date: 2007-04-24
- Inventor: Jan Mulder
- Applicant: Jan Mulder
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
- Current Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Agency: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: G01R19/00
- IPC: G01R19/00

Abstract:
A differential comparator with reduced offset. The differential comparator includes a first transistor coupled to a first input current and a second transistor coupled to a second input current. The first and second transistors are biased as diodes during a reset phase to store an offset voltage on parasitic capacitances of the first and second transistors. The first and second transistors are connected together as a latch to provide an output during a latch phase. Drain currents of the first and the second transistors substantially equal the first and the second input currents, respectively, during the reset phase and at the beginning of the latch phase. During the latch phase, currents approximately twice as large as differential-mode signal currents provided by the first and the second input currents are provided to the first and the second transistors, respectively.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060164125A1 Comparator with offset compensation Public/Granted day:2006-07-27
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