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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 1980
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arthur J Leidich, Flemington, NJ (US);
Assignee:
RCA Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ; H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3072 / ; 307303 ; 307310 ; 330296 ;
Abstract
A current mirror receives as input current the leakage current through an auxiliary semiconductor pn junction, which leakage current emulates the leakage current of a similar semiconductor pn junction in a bipolar transistor used in the functional portion of the integrated circuit. The resulting output current of the current mirror is applied to counteract the effect of the leakage current.