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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1996
Kyu-Chan Lee, Seoul, KR;
Jai-Hoon Sim, Kyungki-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
A reference voltage generator includes a pull-up stage which pulls a reference voltage signal rapidly up toward 1/2Vcc at power-up. The pull-up stage is controlled by a controller which has a comparator and control voltage generator which are disabled after the pull-up operation is terminated so as to reduce stand-by current consumption. The controller includes a pair of NAND gates cross connected as an RS flip-flop to turn on the pull-up stage at power up. A boost signal allows the flip-flop to enable the comparator and control voltage generator after the power supply has stabilized. When the reference voltage signal reaches 1/2Vcc, the comparator sets the flip flop which turns off the pull-up stage and disables the comparator and control voltage generator.