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- Patent Title: PVT compensated delay cell for a monostable
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Application No.: US16454872Application Date: 2019-06-27
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Publication No.: US11057022B2Publication Date: 2021-07-06
- Inventor: Marco Zamprogno , Alireza Tajfar
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l. , Politecnico Di Milano
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza; IT Milan
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.,Politecnico Di Milano
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.,Politecnico Di Milano
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza; IT Milan
- Agency: Crowe & Dunlevy
- Main IPC: H03K3/011
- IPC: H03K3/011 ; H03K3/033 ; H03K5/13 ; G05F3/24 ; H03K5/00 ; H01S5/042 ; G01S7/484 ; G01S17/10

Abstract:
A monostable circuit includes a delay cell with a reference generator generating a reference current based upon a PVT invariant resistance and a threshold voltage, and a delay block with an output capacitor and an output circuit altering an amount of charge stored on the output capacitor as a function of the reference current, in response to an input signal. An inverter has an input coupled to the output circuit. A logic circuit logically combines output of the inverter and the input signal to generate a monostable trigger pulse. The output circuit includes a current source sourcing the reference current to the output capacitor in response to a first logic state of an input signal, and a current sink sinking current from the output capacitor to discharge the output capacitor, in response to a second logic state of the input signal.
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