Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low power reference generator circuit
- Patent Title (中): 低功率参考发生器电路
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Application No.: US13650829Application Date: 2012-10-12
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Publication No.: US09170595B2Publication Date: 2015-10-27
- Inventor: Abhirup Lahiri
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Amsterdam
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Amsterdam
- Agency: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
- Main IPC: H02M3/02
- IPC: H02M3/02 ; G05F3/24

Abstract:
A PTAT circuit includes a first, second, third, and fourth transistors plus a resistor. The first and second transistors have control terminals coupled to each other. The third and fourth transistors have control terminals coupled to each other. The third transistor sources a first current to the first transistor and the fourth transistor sources a second current to the second transistor. The resistor is coupled at a node to the second transistor. A current source circuit sources additional current into the node that is derived from the first and second currents. In one implementation, the additional current is a scaled mirror of the second current. In another implementation, the additional current is a scaled mirror of the sum of the first and second currents. An output current is obtained by mirroring one of the first-third currents. A band-gap output voltage is obtained by applying the additional current across a resistance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140103900A1 LOW POWER REFERENCE GENERATOR CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2014-04-17
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