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Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 27, 2014
Applicant:

Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;

Inventors:

Danilo Gerna, Fino Mornasco, IT;

Enrico Sacchi, Pavia, IT;

Assignee:

Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/10 (2006.01); H03K 3/011 (2006.01); G05F 3/24 (2006.01); H02M 3/156 (2006.01); H03K 3/012 (2006.01); H03K 3/013 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/011 (2013.01); G05F 3/245 (2013.01); H02M 3/156 (2013.01); H03K 3/012 (2013.01); H03K 3/013 (2013.01);
Abstract

A circuit including a current source, an inverter, and a device. The current source is configured to receive a first reference voltage and supply an output current. The inverter has a transconductance. The inverter includes a first transistor having a source and a drain and a second transistor having a source. The source of the first transistor is connected to the current source. The source of the first transistor is configured to receive a portion of the output current. The source of the second transistor is connected to the drain of the first transistor. The device is configured to select the first reference voltage such that the output current of the current source varies with changes in a temperature of the current source to maintain the transconductance of the inverter at a same value and prevent changes in respective transition frequencies of both the first transistor and the second transistor.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Gerna, Danilo. (2015). Methods and apparatus for tuning a current source and selecting a reference voltage to maintain a transconductance and transition frequencies of transistors of an inverter (U.S. Patent No. 8963621). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8963621

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