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Semiconductor integrated circuit capable of compensating errors in manufacturing process

US5268872A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 27, 1991
Grant dateDec 7, 1993
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K5/023
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The gate of a first P-channel transistor of a first comparator is supplied with an input signal, and the gate of a second P-channel transistor of the first comparator is supplied with a reference voltage. An output terminal of the first comparator is connected to an output circuit and the gates of first and second P-channel transistors of a second comparator are supplied with the reference voltage. The second comparator outputs a voltage equal to a stand-by time output voltage of the first comparator and the output voltage from the second comparator is supplied to the non-inversion input terminal of a third comparator which is connected to a voltage generating circuit. The voltage generating circuit has substantially the same dimension ratio as the output circuit and generates a voltage equal to the threshold voltage of the output circuit. A third comparator controls the first P-channel transistors of the first and second comparators in accordance with a difference voltage between the output voltage of the second comparator and the output voltage of the voltage generating circuit to thereby automatically set a stand-by time output voltage of the first comparator at a value close to…

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