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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Stmicroelectronics International N.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
STMICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL N.V., Schiphol, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/10 (2006.01); G05F 1/56 (2006.01); G05F 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/56 (2013.01); G05F 1/468 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of devices forming a positive feedback loop for driving a regulated output voltage towards a reference voltage. Device ratios of at least two of the plurality of devices are set such that the positive feedback loop is stable.