Enhanced Output Impedance Compensation
First Claim
1. A compensation circuit for compensating an output impedance of at least a first metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) device over variations in at least one of process, supply voltage and temperature conditions to which the at least first MOS device may be subjected, the compensation circuit comprising:
- a first current source operative to generate a first current having a value which is substantially constant;
a second current source operative to generate a second current having a value which is programmable as a function of at least one control signal presented to the second current source;
a comparator connected to respective outputs of the first and second current sources, the comparator being operative to measure a difference between the respective values of the first and second currents and to generate an output signal indicative of relative magnitudes of the first current and the second current; and
a processor connected in a feedback arrangement between the comparator and the second current source, the processor receiving the output signal generated by the comparator and generating the at least one control signal as a function of the output signal, the processor being operative to control the value of the second current so that the second current is substantially equal to the first current.
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Abstract
A compensation circuit for compensating an output impedance of at least a first MOS device over PVT variations to which the first MOS device may be subjected includes a first current source generating a first current having a value which is substantially constant and a second current source generating a second current having a value which is programmable as a function of at least one control signal presented to the second current source. A comparator is connected to respective outputs of the first and second current sources and is operative to measure a difference between the respective values of the first and second currents and to generate an output signal indicative of relative magnitudes of the first current and the second current. A processor connected in a feedback arrangement between the comparator and the second current source receives the output signal generated by the comparator and generates the control signal for controlling the second current as a function of the output signal. The processor is operative to control the value of the second current so that the second current is substantially equal to the first current.
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21 Claims
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1. A compensation circuit for compensating an output impedance of at least a first metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) device over variations in at least one of process, supply voltage and temperature conditions to which the at least first MOS device may be subjected, the compensation circuit comprising:
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a first current source operative to generate a first current having a value which is substantially constant; a second current source operative to generate a second current having a value which is programmable as a function of at least one control signal presented to the second current source; a comparator connected to respective outputs of the first and second current sources, the comparator being operative to measure a difference between the respective values of the first and second currents and to generate an output signal indicative of relative magnitudes of the first current and the second current; and a processor connected in a feedback arrangement between the comparator and the second current source, the processor receiving the output signal generated by the comparator and generating the at least one control signal as a function of the output signal, the processor being operative to control the value of the second current so that the second current is substantially equal to the first current. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An integrated circuit including at least one compensation circuit for compensating an output impedance of at least a first metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) device over variations in at least one of process, supply voltage and temperature conditions to which the at least first MOS device may be subjected, the at least one compensation circuit comprising:
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a first current source operative to generate a first current having a value which is substantially constant; a second current source operative to generate a second current having a value which is programmable as a function of at least one control signal presented to the second current source; a comparator connected to respective outputs of the first and second current sources, the comparator being operative to measure a difference between the respective values of the first and second currents and to generate an output signal indicative of relative magnitudes of the first current and the second current; and a processor connected in a feedback arrangement between the comparator and the second current source, the processor receiving the output signal generated by the comparator and generating the at least one control signal as a function of the output signal, the processor being operative to control the value of the second current so that the second current is substantially equal to the first current. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A method for compensating an output impedance of at least a first metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) device over variations in at least one of process, supply voltage and temperature conditions to which the at least first MOS device may be subjected, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating a first current having a value which is substantially constant; generating a second current having a value which is programmable as a function of at least one control signal; measuring a difference between the respective values of the first and second currents and generating an output signal indicative of relative magnitudes of the first current and the second current; generating the at least one control signal as a function of the output signal and controlling the value of the second current so that the second current is substantially equal to the first current; and applying the at least one control signal to the at least first MOS device to thereby compensate the output impedance of the at least first MOS device over variations in at least one of process, supply voltage and temperature conditions to which the at least first MOS device may be subjected.
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