Patent · US Expired

Integrated circuit high frequency input attenuator circuit

US4968901A · kind A · utility

10Cited by
13References
17Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateMay 16, 1989
Grant dateNov 6, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 16, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03H11/24
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An attenuator for use in an integrated circuit window comparator circuit provides voltage division across an input voltage divider including a large number of identical thin film resistor segments combined in various series and parallel arrangements so that resistive voltage division of the input signal is in the same ratio as capacitive voltage division of the input signal by parasitic capacitances of the resistors.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.