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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:
Oct. 08, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Craig N Lambert, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 41 ; 357 22 ; 357 13 ;
Abstract
A trim arrangement for adjusting a differential input stage in a BIFET.RTM. integrated circuit is presented wherein the trimming is done at wafer probing in the manufacturing process. Trim JFETs are invoked by means of reverse biased zener diodes which can be zapped thereby to achieve trimming in the conventional manner. The trim JFETs are ratioed in size so that the trim is V.sub.P compensated over a relatively broad range. An improved trim structure is presented wherein the offset trim is V.sub.P compensated and operated in a manner that renders its effect on the circuit constant and independent of the conventional load trim.