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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 1988
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Walter S Gontowski, Jr, Thompson, CT (US);
Assignee:
Cherry Semiconconductor Corporation, East Greenwich, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
323313 ; 323901 ; 323907 ;
Abstract
A start-up circuit for a voltage regulator having a first current mirror for providing start-up current and a second current mirror responsive to voltage output from said regulator for turning off said first current mirror when said regulator is close to regulation. The circuitry providing start-up current and the circuitry turning off the start-up current having substantially the same temperature coefficients.