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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:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donato Montanari, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corp., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
323273 ;
Abstract
A circuit comprising a first voltage shifter, a second voltage shifter and a comparator configured to control a switchable current source. The first voltage shifter may be configured to provide a first reference voltage signal in response to a reference input signal. The second voltage shifter may be configured to provide a second reference voltage signal in response to the reference input signal. The comparator may be configured to control a switchable current source in response to said first and second reference voltage signals.