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Low voltage bandgap reference circuit

US6489835B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 28, 2001
Grant dateDec 3, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 28, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05F3/267
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A bandgap reference circuit that operates with a voltage supply that can be lass than 1 volt and that has one stable, non-zero current operating point. The core has a current generator embedded within it and includes one operational amplifier that provides a self-regulated voltage for several transistors used in the circuit

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