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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott Sterrantino, Allen, TX (US);
Jian Zhou, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/00 ;
Abstract
A power-up control circuit architecture that utilizes zero current under normal operation. The power-up control circuit will sense a common supply voltage, Vcc, and turn an output on and off at a desired threshold voltage, providing a substantially faster on/off switch than that achievable solely by sensing the common supply voltage.