Title :
A fully-compensated APD circuit with 10:1 ratio between active and inactive current
Author :
Jouppi, Norman P.
Author_Institution :
Western Res. Lab., Digital Equipment Corp., Palo Alto, CA, USA
Abstract :
An active pull-down (APD) circuit is presented which can provide a 10:1 ratio between active and inactive currents. The new APD circuit is compensated for variations in process, supply, and temperature via a clamp voltage
Keywords :
compensation; active pull-down circuit; clamp voltage; fully-compensated APD circuit; process variations; supply variations; temperature variations; Circuits; Clamps; Diodes; Feedback loop; Laboratories; Power supplies; Resistors; Switches; Temperature; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting,1994., Proceedings of the 1994
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1316-X
DOI :
10.1109/BIPOL.1994.587874
