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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1986
Walter S Gontowski, Jr, Thompson, CT (US);
John G Metro, North Kingstown, RI (US);
Steven S Yole, West Warwick, RI (US);
Cherry Semiconductor Corporation, E. Greenwich, RI (US);
Abstract
An oscillator integrated circuit is disclosed in which a predetermined current is reliably established through a discharge transistor by zener zapping appropriate circuit components. In accordance with an embodiment, a plurality of zener diodes are provided in parallel with a plurality of resistors and one or more is shorted out to achieve a predetermined discharge current. In accordance with a second embodiment, the multiplication factor of the discharge transistor is set by trimming its emitters through zener zapping to obtain a predetermined discharge current.