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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2008
Applicants:

Ray Rosik, San Diego, CA (US);

Weinan Gao, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ray Rosik, San Diego, CA (US);

Weinan Gao, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Conexant Systems, Inc., Newport Beach, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems and methods for providing bias currents to multiple analog circuits are disclosed. An integrated circuit comprises a calibration circuit which compares a high tolerance external component to a plurality of internal components manufactured to span the variability of the process, voltage and temperature. The best fitting internal component is communicated to bias circuits which can select an internal component from a local plurality of internal components with matching desired characteristics. In this manner, analog circuits can be locally biased with the tolerance usually associated with a high tolerance external reference component, without the necessity for a local external reference component.


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