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Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2020
Applicant:

Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventor:

Raveesh Magod Ramakrishna, Dallas, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/0231 (2006.01); H03K 3/011 (2006.01); H03K 3/012 (2006.01); H03K 3/017 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/011 (2013.01); H03K 3/012 (2013.01); H03K 3/017 (2013.01); H03K 3/02315 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device includes a capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a ground node, and a second terminal; a first transistor having a source coupled to the capacitor, a drain coupled to a first node, and a gate; a first current source coupled to the first node and configured to couple to a regulated supply node; a second transistor having a source coupled to the ground node, a drain coupled to a second node, and a gate coupled to the second node and to the gate of the first transistor; and a comparator circuit having an input coupled to the first node and an output configured to couple to a clock node.


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