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High speed, low power, current mode comparator

US6008673A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 4, 1999
Grant dateDec 28, 1999
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Expiry dateMar 4, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C2207/063
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A current regenerative comparator. A pair of cross coupled inverters are coupled to an equalizing transistor, an input current mirror and a reference current mirror, such that current flowing in the input current mirror is compared to the current flowing in the reference current mirror.

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