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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:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Burt L Price, Apex, NC (US);
Assignee:
Unitrode Corporation, Merrimack, NH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F / ; G05F / ; G05F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
323907 ; 323313 ; 327103 ; 327306 ;
Abstract
A voltage-to-current converter for use with a bandgap voltage reference circuit for providing a correction current to compensate for the adverse effects of temperature. In one specific embodiment, the voltage-to-current converter is used to provide output voltage curvature correction to the resident bandgap voltage reference circuit.