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Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1996

Filed:

Nov. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:

Masakazu Shoji, Warren, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
327172 ; 327227 ;
Abstract

A system and method for generating a signal having a reliable, fixed duration and/or delay as a function of relative, not absolute, device characteristics. That is to say, the time period of the generated signal is determined as a ratio of one device's operating characteristics to another device's operating characteristics. In particular, the invention provides a fixed time signal as a function of the relative values of two capacitive elements that have a known ratio of capacitance with respect to each other. The invention is particularly useful when implemented upon an integrated circuit, as standard fabrication techniques for such circuits allow relative device characteristics to be held to relatively tight tolerances.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Shoji, Masakazu. (1996). Fixed-interval timing circuit and method (U.S. Patent No. 5578952). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5578952

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