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Noise immune current mirror
Assignee: Delphi Technologies Inc
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Filing: 1988-10-24
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Granted: 1989-09-12
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Expires: 2008-10-24
Abstract
Abstract A conventional PNP transistor current mirror provides identical first and second reference currents each containing the same noise component (which may be due to high frequency supply voltage variations). An input current is subtracted from the first reference current to provide a difference current containing the noise component in the first reference current. An NPN current mirror subtracts the difference current from the second reference current such that the noise component in the difference current cancels the noise component in the second reference current to provide an output current which is an identical "mirror image" of the input current and which is free of the cancelled noise component.
Inventors
- 👤 Mark W. Gose
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 20:30
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03F; H03F3/00; H03F3/34; H03F3/343; H03F3/3432; G; G05; G05F; G05F1/00; G05F1/10; G05F1/46; G05F1/462; G05F1/467; G05F3/00; G05F3/02; G05F3/08; G05F3/10; G05F3/16; G05F3/20; G05F3/26; G05F3/265; H03F1/00; H03F1/30; H03F1/302
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
97 words
A noise immune current mirror comprising: means for providing first and second reference currents each containing a noise component; means for subtracting an input current from the first reference current to provide a difference current containing the noise component in the first reference current; and means for subtracting the difference current from the second reference current such that the noise component in the difference current cancels the noise component in the second reference current to provide as output current which is a "mirror image" of the input current and which is free of the cancelled noise component.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
97 words
A noise immune current mirror comprising: means for providing first and second reference currents each containing a noise component; means for subtracting an input current from the first reference current to provide a difference current containing the noise component in the first reference current; and means for subtracting the difference current from the second reference current such that the noise component in the difference current cancels the noise component in the second reference current to provide as output current which is a "mirror image" of the input current and which is free of the cancelled noise component.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
100 words
A noise immune current mirror comprising: means for providing identical first and second reference currents each containing the same noise component; means for subtracting an input current from the first reference current to provide a difference current containing the noise component in the first reference current; and means for subtracting the difference current from the second reference current such that the noise component in the difference current cancels the noise component in the second reference current to provide an output current which is an identical "mirror image" of the input current and which is free of the cancelled noise component.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
100 words
A noise immune current mirror comprising: means for providing identical first and second reference currents each containing the same noise component; means for subtracting an input current from the first reference current to provide a difference current containing the noise component in the first reference current; and means for subtracting the difference current from the second reference current such that the noise component in the difference current cancels the noise component in the second reference current to provide an output current which is an identical "mirror image" of the input current and which is free of the cancelled noise component.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
104 words
A noise immune current mirror comprising: means including a current mirror for providing identical first and second reference currents each containing the same noise component; means for subtracting an input current from the first reference current to provide a difference current containing the noise component in the first reference current; and means for subtracting the difference current from the second reference current such that the noise component in the difference current cancels the noise component in the second reference current to provide an output current which is an identical "mirror image" of the input current and which is free of the cancelled noise component.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
104 words
A noise immune current mirror comprising: means including a current mirror for providing identical first and second reference currents each containing the same noise component; means for subtracting an input current from the first reference current to provide a difference current containing the noise component in the first reference current; and means for subtracting the difference current from the second reference current such that the noise component in the difference current cancels the noise component in the second reference current to provide an output current which is an identical "mirror image" of the input current and which is free of the cancelled noise component.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
123 words
A noise immune current mirror comprising: means including a current mirror composed of transistors of one conductivity type for providing identical first and second reference currents each containing the same noise component; means for subtracting an input current from the first reference current to provide a difference current containing the noise component in the first reference current; and means including a current mirror composed of transistors of the opposite conductivity type for subtracting the difference current from the second reference current such that the noise component in the difference current cancels the noise component in the second reference current to provide an output current which is an identical "mirror image" of the input current and which is free of the cancelled noise component.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
123 words
A noise immune current mirror comprising: means including a current mirror composed of transistors of one conductivity type for providing identical first and second reference currents each containing the same noise component; means for subtracting an input current from the first reference current to provide a difference current containing the noise component in the first reference current; and means including a current mirror composed of transistors of the opposite conductivity type for subtracting the difference current from the second reference current such that the noise component in the difference current cancels the noise component in the second reference current to provide an output current which is an identical "mirror image" of the input current and which is free of the cancelled noise component.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
124 words
A noise immune current mirror for a bipolar integrated circuit comprising: means including a PNP transistor current mirror for providing identical first and second reference currents each containing the same noise component due to high frequency supply voltage variations; means for subtracting an input current from the first reference current to provide a difference current containing the noise component in the first reference current; and means including a NPN transistor current mirror for subtracting the difference current from the second reference current such that the noise component in the difference current cancels the noise component in the second reference current to provide an output current which is an identical "mirror image" of the input current and which is free of the cancelled noise component.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
124 words
A noise immune current mirror for a bipolar integrated circuit comprising: means including a PNP transistor current mirror for providing identical first and second reference currents each containing the same noise component due to high frequency supply voltage variations; means for subtracting an input current from the first reference current to provide a difference current containing the noise component in the first reference current; and means including a NPN transistor current mirror for subtracting the difference current from the second reference current such that the noise component in the difference current cancels the noise component in the second reference current to provide an output current which is an identical "mirror image" of the input current and which is free of the cancelled noise component.
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