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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:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/10 ;
Abstract
The generator includes complementary MOS transistors interconnected in four circuit branches one of which contains a constant-current generator. Voltages picked up at various nodes of the circuit can be used as reference and/or biasing voltages of the integrated circuit, which account for the variability of the manufacturing parameters.