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Bandgap voltage reference circuit without bipolar transistors

US6184743A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 12, 1998
Grant dateFeb 6, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 12, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05F3/30
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A gallium arsenide (GaAs) bandgap circuit includes a plurality of stacked GaAs transistors being connected as Schottky diodes which, together with an amplifier, provide a constant reference voltage being independent of a power supply voltage of the circuit.

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