Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Delay circuit independent of supply voltage
- Patent Title (中): 延迟电路独立于电源电压
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Application No.: US14314882Application Date: 2014-06-25
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Publication No.: US09209806B2Publication Date: 2015-12-08
- Inventor: A. Martin Mallinson
- Applicant: ESS Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Milpitas
- Assignee: ESS Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: ESS Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Milpitas
- Agency: Gard & Kaslow LLP
- Main IPC: H03K19/003
- IPC: H03K19/003 ; H03K19/0185 ; H03K5/13 ; H03K5/14

Abstract:
A delay circuit in which the delay is independent of variations in the power supply which powers the logic gates of the delay circuit is disclosed. By separating the CMOS transistors that form each logic gate by additional CMOS bias transistors which are biased at a controlled voltage, variations in the gate delay of the inverter transistors due to variations in the power supply voltage for the inverter transistors may be minimized. In one embodiment, the constant bias voltage may be provided by a constant current source comprising a series of amplifiers each having a gain significantly less than one connected to a triple cascode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140375356A1 Delay Circuit Independent of Supply Voltage Public/Granted day:2014-12-25
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