IP Library Granted Patent US 8,390,333
Granted Patent B2
US 8,390,333 · App. 13/204,876 · Granted Mar 5, 2013

Adaptively biased comparator

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Patent No.
US 8,390,333
App. No.
13/204,876
Granted
Mar 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to an electronic device which comprises a comparator coupled to monitor a first supply voltage level at a first supply voltage node. The comparator comprises a differential input transistor stage having one input coupled to the first supply voltage node and the other input coupled to receive a reference voltage level, a first current source configured to supply a current of a first magnitude, a second current source configured to supply a current of a second magnitude, and a capacitor. The first magnitude is greater than the second magnitude and the first current source is coupled with one side to the differential input stage for supplying the differential input stage and with the other side to a first node. The second current source is coupled with one side to the first node and with the other side to a second supply voltage node having a second supply voltage level and the capacitor is coupled with one side to the first node and with the other side to the first supply voltage node.

Claims (3)

1. An electronic device comprising a comparator coupled to monitor a first supply voltage level at a first supply voltage node, the comparator comprising a differential input transistor stage having one input coupled to the first supply voltage node and the other input coupled to receive a reference voltage level, a first current source configured to supply a current of a first magnitude, a second current source configured to supply a current of a second magnitude, and a capacitor wherein the first magnitude is greater than the second magnitude and the first current source is coupled with one side to the differential input transistor stage for supplying the differential input transistor stage and with the other side to a first node, the second current source is coupled with one side to the first node and with the other side to a second supply voltage node having a second supply voltage level and the capacitor is coupled with one side to the first node and with the other side to the first supply voltage node.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein an output of the capacitor is coupled to control a voltage regulator coupled to the first supply voltage node in response to the first supply voltage level, so as to switch an output of the voltage regulator into a high ohmic state if the first supply voltage level drops below a threshold level.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , further comprising a ferroelectric random access memory (FeRAM) which is supplied by the voltage regulator.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2021
From: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 055314/0255 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NAME OF INVENTOR. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 026714 FRAME 0127. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE NAME IVANOV VADIM SHOULD BE VADIM V. IVANOV.. Recorded Jan 29, 2013
From: IVANOV, VADIM V.; ZWERG, MICHAEL
To: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 029717/0896 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ABSENCE OF THE SIGNATURE OF THE OFFICER OF TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 026714 FRAME 0127. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SIGNATURE OF BEATE BEUERMANN, OFFICER OF TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND, IS NOW PRESENT.. Recorded Jan 29, 2013
From: KUHN, RUDIGER; DORNSEIFER, FRANK
To: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 029717/0922 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2011
From: KUHN, RUDIGER; VADIM, IVANOV; DORNSEIFER, FRANK; ZWERG, MICHAEL
To: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 026714/0127 →