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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1997
Vladimir Koifman, Rishon-Lezion, IL;
Yachin Afek, Kfar Saba, IL;
Eliezer Sand, Hod-Hasharon, IL;
Kiyoshi Kase, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
The rise time of a voltage Vo presented to a load, based on an input voltage Vi provided via an RC filter coupled to the load for removing higher frequency noise on Vo, is substantially reduced by providing a sensor circuit with differential inputs Vi, Vo. The sensor circuit drives a charger circuit coupled to a DC potential and the load so that rapid charging of C to Vo does not depend on R. As Vo approaches Vi, the sensor circuit deactivates the charger circuit to stop further charging and a latch coupled to the sensor circuit shuts off the sensor circuit to reduce power consumption while (Vo.about.Vi)>0. A current mirror buffer is desirably included between the sensor output and the latch for level shifting.