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Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 12, 2021
Applicant:

Nxp B.v., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventor:

Sushil Kumar Gupta, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 3/30 (2006.01); G05F 3/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 3/262 (2013.01);
Abstract

An integrated circuit (IC) includes a self-biased circuit and a start-up circuit for the self-biased circuit. The self-biased circuit generates a start-up indicator signal and an output signal. The start-up indicator signal indicates whether the self-biased circuit has started up. The start-up circuit includes a comparator, a start-up controller, and a peak controller. The comparator compares the start-up indicator signal with a reference signal generated based on supply voltages, and generates a comparison signal. The start-up controller controls a start-up of the self-biased circuit when the comparison signal is at a first logic state. Further, when the comparison signal transitions from the first logic state to a second logic state, the peak controller controls the output signal to maintain one of a voltage level and a current level of the output signal below a peak limit.


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