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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sinan Doluca, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Robert Yau, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365149 ; 365189 ; 365226 ; 307297 ;
Abstract
A capacitor-plate bias generator produces a voltage on the capacitor plate node which consists of a constant voltage plus the sense-level voltage. Consequently, the capacitor-plate node tracks any variations in the sense-level voltage. The constant voltage is 3V.sub.BG, or 3 times the bandgap voltage of silicon. The circuit includes a reference-voltage source which produces the sum of the sense-level voltage and V.sub.BG, and a feedback control circuit for enabling either a charge pump or a charge bleeder to regulate the capacitor-plate voltage at a level above the circuit supply voltage.