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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Charles A. Casey, Doylestown, PA (US);
Richard Zhu, Somerset, NJ (US);
Cameron Jackson, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Charles A. Casey, Doylestown, PA (US);
Richard Zhu, Somerset, NJ (US);
Cameron Jackson, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Micrel, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A bi-directional comparator compares two input signals and applies a hysteresis level to the smaller input signal only after the output signal switches logical states and when the two input signals are within a predetermined range of each other. In one embodiment, the hysteresis applied to the smaller input signal is removed when the two input signals are no longer within the predetermined range of each other.