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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2005
Applicant:
Bumha Lee, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Inventor:
Bumha Lee, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A reference voltage generator that may be useful in analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuits includes compensation for errors such as from non-ideal considerations such as semiconductor processing variations, mismatch errors, temperature gradients, and parasitic effects. The compensation method employs a correction current that is provided to the reference voltage generator to adjust the delay time and stability of the resulting reference voltage or voltages.