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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. 31, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ; H03K / ; H03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307354 ; 307360 ; 307491 ;
Abstract
A comparator circuit is provided compatible with CMOS logic levels for the input signal and including a substantially zero standby current when the input signal is initially less than the upper trip threshold. The trip threshold follows a bandgap voltage with a zero temperature coefficient, while hysterisis is provided with the upper and lower trip thresholds. An alternate embodiment of the comparator circuit provides a selectable zero temperature coefficient for the trip threshold as a ratio of emitter resistors while maintaining the hysterisis with the upper and lower trip thresholds.