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CMOS reference voltage generation

US4837459A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 13, 1987
Grant dateJun 6, 1989
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Expiry dateJul 13, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05F3/245
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A process insensitive reference voltage generator includes a first and second identical FET devices coupled in a parallel configuration with a first biasing network, of FET devices, interconnecting the substrate terminal of the first FET device to a first node formed between a positive voltage supply and ground potential. The control terminal is connected to a second node whose voltage potential is different from that of the first node. The substrate terminal of the second FET device is connected to the source terminal. The source terminals of both FET devices are connected to the respective input terminals of an operational amplifier whose output is connected to the control terminal of said second FET device.

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