Patent · US Expired

Integrated circuit

US7196537B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

15Claims

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

Aurel von Campenhausen · Munich, DE
Joerg Vollrath · Richmond, US
Ralf Schneider · Birkenfeld, DE
Marcin Gnat · Birkenfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 30, 2005
Grant date	Mar 27, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 30, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C2029/5002
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated circuit includes a circuit component, a first control circuit and a switchable resistance network. An input voltage is fed to the circuit component on the input side. A control signal generated by the first control circuit is fed to the control terminal of the circuit component. With the switchable resistance network, the first resistance or the second resistance is connected between an output terminal of the circuit component and the output terminal of the integrated circuit to generate a voltage drop between the input side and the output terminal of the circuit component. The integrated circuit makes it possible to generate a current at the output terminal of the circuit component in a manner dependent on the control signal and the voltage dropped between the input side and the output terminal of the circuit component. Families of characteristic curves of transistors of an integrated circuit are determined by the integrated circuit.

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