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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2021
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Mohammad Al-Shyoukh, Hsinchu, TW;
Alexander Kalnitsky, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A current reference which includes a tracking voltage generator including a flipped gate transistor, a first transistor connected with the flipped gate transistor in a Vgs subtractive arrangement, an output node providing a tracking voltage which has a positive or negative temperature dependency based on the flipped gate transistor and the first transistor, and a second transistor connected to the output node; an amplifier to receive the tracking voltage and output an amplified signal; a control transistor to receive the amplified signal; a control resistor connected in series with the control transistor; and a current mirror to receive and mirror a reference current to at least one external device, the current mirror including mirroring pairs having a corresponding mirroring resistor coupled in series with a corresponding mirroring transistor, the mirroring resistor of at least one of the mirroring pairs having a serpentine structure.