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Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2020
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Yung-Chow Peng, Hsinchu, TW;

Chung-Peng Hsieh, Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/00 (2006.01); G05F 1/66 (2006.01); G05F 1/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/0038 (2013.01); G05F 1/44 (2013.01); G05F 1/66 (2013.01);
Abstract

A low power comparator and a self-regulated device for adjusting power saving level of an electronic device are provided. The low power comparator includes an input differential pair circuit, a self-regulated device, and a tail current switch. The input differential pair circuit is configured to receive input signals to be compared. The self-regulated device is coupled to the input differential pair circuit and includes a self-regulated circuit which has a first transistor with a first threshold voltage and a second transistor with a second threshold voltage and is configured to adjust a power saving level of the low-power comparator according to the first threshold voltage and the second threshold voltage. The tail current switch is coupled to the input differential pair circuit through the self-regulated circuit to provide a constant current to the input differential pair circuit.


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