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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hongwu Chi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Ming Lee, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/66 (2006.01); H02M 3/155 (2006.01); H03M 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/06 (2013.01); H02M 3/155 (2013.01);
Abstract
A biasing circuit facilitates process, temperature, and voltage insensitive operation of a circuit block. The biasing circuit may include a replicate circuit corresponding to the circuit block. The replicate circuit may be a low complexity version of the circuit block that includes selected process, temperature, or voltage sensitive components of the circuit block. The biasing circuit enforces bias conditions on the circuit block that are informed by the response of the replicate circuit to variations in process, temperature, and voltage.