Delbruck et al., 2010 - Google Patents
32-bit configurable bias current generator with sub-off-current capabilityDelbruck et al., 2010
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- Delbruck T
- Berner R
- Lichtsteiner P
- Dualibe C
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- Proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
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A fully configurable bias current reference is described. The output of the current reference is a gate voltage which produces a desired current. For each daisy-chained bias, 32 bits of configuration are divided into 22 bits of bias current, 6 bits of active-mirror buffer current, and …
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