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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1982
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1981
Anthony D Newton, Geneva, CH;
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A phase detector circuit has low offsets and is easily made as a bipolar integrated circuit. A first input to the phase detector controls a transistor which in turn controls a current source. The output of the current source is connected to a current mirror which has an NPN transistor. The current mirror is connected to ground by a transistor which is controlled by a second input signal. When the first input signal is present and is out of phase with the second input signal the output of the phase detector flows from the current source through the collector base junction of the NPN transistor. When both input signals are in phase the output of the phase detector serves as a current sink whose current carrying capabilities is controlled by the output of the current source.