Biasing network for multifunction bipolar integrated system
US4673830A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 11, 1984 |
| Grant date | Jun 16, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05F3/22
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A network for supplying identical biasing voltages and programmable direct currents to a plurality of mutually similar transceivers, connected across respective transmission lines, is integrated with the associated transceivers in a common semiconductor body and comprises a generator of fixed reference voltage determined by the band gap of the semiconductor. The reference voltage is applied in parallel to the bases of several NPN transistors emitting the same biasing voltage as a result thereof. This reference voltage also drives an NPN pilot transistor lying in series with an external resistor through which it draws a small programmed current. Through two cascaded amplification stages formed by NPN transistors operating in the ECL mode, with the second stage designed as a multiple-output current mirror, the programmed current is stepped up to provide the several direct currents required by the associated transceivers.
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