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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:
Dec. 22, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael D Smith, Lewisville, TX (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Components-Mostek Corporation, Carrollton, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G / ; H03F / ; H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307491 ; 307352 ; 328127 ; 330-9 ;
Abstract
A circuit arrangement (13) for monitoring power supplies in N-channel CMOS devices, comprising elements for sampling of a bandgap voltage reference quantity (41), comparing the reference quantity to a monitored power supply voltage level (38), and compensating (49) for the offset voltage produced in the comparator element (31) conducting the comparison.