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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alberto Gola, Broni, IT;
Giona Fucili, Magenta, IT;
Assignee:
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ; H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
327198 ; 327142 ; 327143 ;
Abstract
A power-on reset circuit which employs a supply voltage sensing branch for triggering a first inverter of a pair of cascaded inverters. The intrinsic static consumption of such a POR circuit is strongly reduced by employing a current generator, which is automatically forced to deliver a reduced current during the operation of the integrated circuit, for biasing two transistors functionally connected in said voltage sensing branch into a subthreshold operating condition.