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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventor:
Robert Meyer, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/3185 (2006.01); G01R 31/30 (2006.01); H01L 27/02 (2006.01); G01R 31/3187 (2006.01); G01R 31/317 (2006.01); H03K 19/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/318538 (2013.01); G01R 31/3004 (2013.01); G01R 31/3187 (2013.01); G01R 31/31715 (2013.01); G01R 31/31716 (2013.01); G01R 31/318536 (2013.01); G01R 31/318566 (2013.01); G01R 31/318569 (2013.01); G01R 31/318572 (2013.01); G01R 31/318575 (2013.01); H01L 27/0255 (2013.01); H03K 19/21 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device comprising includes an output terminal and a first current path from the output terminal to a first reference voltage. The first current path includes a series connection of current electrodes of a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor receives at a control electrode a signal to set a desired level of current to be conducted by the first current path. The second transistor generates at a control electrode a feedback signal indicative of an actual current conducted by the first transistor.