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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marco Maria Monti, Milan, IT;
Domenico Rossi, Cilavegna, IT;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
327554 ; 327337 ; 327555 ; 327562 ; 327563 ;
Abstract
An integrated circuit having a passive circuit component that can be adjusted following the manufacturing process to provide a precise absolute value for resistance or capacitance. A plurality of passive elements are selectively combinable using logic gates to include or exclude each element from a network, wherein the combined value of the included passive elements equals the value of the passive circuit component. The logic gates are set by outputs from a decoder to reduce the required inputs to the chip.