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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Reghu Rajan, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Zarlink Semiconductor (U.S.) Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/10 ; G05F 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/10 ; G05F 3/02 ;
Abstract
A low power wide swing current mirror circuit wherein the signal current is separated from the bias current, and a bias current sink is connected in parallel with a current mirror so as to shunt the bias current to the circuit common.