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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2000
Ayman A. Fayed, Richardson, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A high-speed differential offset comparator circuit, providing a comparator function at a predetermined offset voltage. The differential offset comparator circuit includes a substantially zero offset comparator circuit having a first and a second differential input. The differential offset comparator circuit also includes a first pre-amplifier circuit and a second pre-amplifier circuit having an output coupled to the first and the second differential input, respectively, of the substantially zero offset comparator circuit. The pre-amplifier circuits are capable of providing a controllable offset to the differential offset comparator circuit. Each pre-amplifier circuit includes a first MOS transistor and a second MOS transistor connected in series to form a first composite transistor having an effective source, gate and drain. The first MOS transistor receives an input of the differential offset comparator circuit at a gate thereof. The second MOS transistor receives a control voltage corresponding to an offset control voltage at a gate thereof. The offset control voltage controls the value of the predetermined offset voltage.