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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan Kramer, Berkeley, CA (US);
Roberto Canegallo, Tortona, IT;
Mauro Chinosi, Cologno Monzese, IT;
Giovanni Gozzini, Polassolo, IT;
Philip Leong, Kowloon, HK;
Marco Onorato, Genoa, IT;
Pier Luigi Rolandi, Volpedo, IT;
Marco Sabatini, Brescia, IT;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
327 81 ; 327 80 ; 327 85 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a voltage comparator with an input for an analog signal and an output for a digital signal, comprising an inverter which has an input coupled to the comparator input and an output coupled to the comparator output, and comprising at least two MOS transistors coupled to each other, at least one of the two MOS transistors being of the floating gate type.