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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2021
Applicant:

Analog Devices, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);

Inventors:

Michael E. Harrell, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Anthony Eric Turvey, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Stefano I D'Aquino, Westford, MA (US);

Jennifer W. Pierdomenico, Temple, PA (US);

Assignee:

Analog Devices, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G01R 31/319 (2006.01); H03F 1/52 (2006.01); H03F 3/04 (2006.01); H03F 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/31924 (2013.01); G01R 31/2834 (2013.01); H03F 1/523 (2013.01); H03F 3/04 (2013.01); H03F 3/16 (2013.01); H03F 2200/441 (2013.01);
Abstract

A clamp circuit comprises an output transistor and a replica transistor coupled as a current minor pair, wherein the replica transistor is scaled in size to the output transistor by a size ratio; a first current source configured to set a current in the replica transistor, wherein the output current is set at a clamped output current value that is a sum of current of the first current source and a scaled value of the current of the first current source determined according to the size ratio; and a register circuit, wherein a register value stored in the register circuit sets the clamped output current value.


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