Power-on-reset circuit including integration capacitor
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1. A circuit, comprising:
- a power-on reset pulse generating circuit, which will generate a pulse at any sudden increase of a power supply voltage;
a fully symmetrical pair of cross-coupled logic gates;
first and second blocking gates, each of said blocking gates having a first input operatively connected to receive an output of a respective one of said pair of cross-coupled gates and a second input connected to receive pulses generated by said pulse generating circuit, and configured to output a pulse only when both said inputs thereto have respectively predetermined states;
a combining gate connected to receive an output of each of said blocking gates and to transmit a pulse which is received from either of said blocking gates; and
a feedback connection connected to disable said pair of cross-coupled gates wherever said power supply voltage is active and a power-on reset pulse is not being received by said combing gate.
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Abstract
A power-on reset circuit, which includes a fully symmetrical flip-flop in the path of propagation of the reset pulse. The two outputs of the flip-flop are combined together, so that propagation of the pulse can occur as soon as the flip-flop has stabilized in either of its possible stable states. However, a feedback connection cuts off any further propagation through this path once a power-on reset pulse has been issued. Thus, this circuit is extremely stable, and will not issue further power-on reset pulses even if hit with a very severe power glitch.
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20 Claims
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1. A circuit, comprising:
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a power-on reset pulse generating circuit, which will generate a pulse at any sudden increase of a power supply voltage; a fully symmetrical pair of cross-coupled logic gates; first and second blocking gates, each of said blocking gates having a first input operatively connected to receive an output of a respective one of said pair of cross-coupled gates and a second input connected to receive pulses generated by said pulse generating circuit, and configured to output a pulse only when both said inputs thereto have respectively predetermined states; a combining gate connected to receive an output of each of said blocking gates and to transmit a pulse which is received from either of said blocking gates; and a feedback connection connected to disable said pair of cross-coupled gates wherever said power supply voltage is active and a power-on reset pulse is not being received by said combing gate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A circuit, comprising:
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a power-on reset pulse generating circuit, which will generate a pulse at any sudden increase of a power supply voltage; a fully symmetrical pair of cross-coupled logic gates; first and second asymmetric inverters, each of said inverters connected to receive an output of a respective one of said pair of cross-coupled gates; first and second blocking gates, each of said blocking gates operatively connected to an output of a respective one of said asymmetric inverters, and each of said blocking gates connected to receive pulses generated by said pulse generating circuit, and to transmit said pulses only if the respective one of said inverters has a predetermined state; a combining gate connected to receive an output of each of said blocking gates and to transmit a pulse which is received from either of said blocking gates; and a feedback connection connected to disable said propagation of said pulses whenever said power supply voltage is active and a power-on reset pulse is not being received by said combing gate. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An integrated circuit, comprising:
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power and ground connections, and signal input and output connections; a power-on reset pulse generating circuit, which will generate a pulse at any sudden increase of a power supply voltage at said power connection; a fully symmetrical pair of cross-coupled logic gates; first and second blocking gates, each of said blocking gates having a first input operatively connected to receive an output of a respective one of said pair of cross-coupled gates and a second input connected to receive pulses generated by said pulse generating circuit, and configured to output a pulse only when both said inputs thereto have respectively predetermined states; a combining gate connected to receive an output of each of said blocking gates and to transmit a pulse which is received from either of said blocking gates; a feedback connection connected to disable said pair of cross-coupled gates whenever said power supply voltage is active and a power-on reset pulse is not being received by said combing gate; and programmable logic circuitry, connected to be powered by said power connection, and incorporating at least some sequential logic operatively connected to said input and output connections, and being connected to receive said power-on reset pulse from said combining gate and to be reset to a known state whenever a power-on reset pulse is received. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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