Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Current-voltage convertor, reference voltage generator and non-volatile semiconductor storage device
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Application No.: US16543634Application Date: 2019-08-19
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Publication No.: US10795397B2Publication Date: 2020-10-06
- Inventor: Tomofumi Kitani
- Applicant: Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
- Current Assignee: Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: JCIPRNET
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@1d0c75de
- Main IPC: G05F3/26
- IPC: G05F3/26 ; G11C5/14 ; G11C16/30

Abstract:
A stable reference voltage that can be supplied in a layout area smaller than prior art is provided. A current-voltage convertor includes a first current mirror circuit including a first MOS transistor, a second MOS transistor in a pair, and an output resistor; and a depletion type N-channel MOS transistor, inserted between a first voltage to be input and the first MOS transistor and the second MOS transistor, and having a gate to which an output voltage from the output resistor is fed back. When a reference current is input to the first MOS transistor, the output voltage is generated by a current corresponding to the reference current flowing into the second MOS transistor and the output resistor. In addition, a reference voltage generator including the current-voltage convertor is provided to output a reference voltage based on the output voltage of the current-voltage convertor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200278714A1 CURRENT-VOLTAGE CONVERTOR, REFERENCE VOLTAGE GENERATOR AND NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2020-09-03
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