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  • Patent number: 6781417
    Abstract: According to one exemplary embodiment, a buffer circuit is configured to receive a supply voltage and an input reference voltage, the buffer circuit has a first FET operating in saturation region where the source of the first FET is coupled to the output reference voltage. The first FET can be configured, for example, as an open-loop voltage follower and, by way of example, a first resistor can be used to couple the source of the first FET to the output reference voltage. A tracking circuit is connected to the buffer circuit. The tracking circuit comprises a second FET also operating in saturation region where the drain of the second FET is coupled to the output reference voltage. Both the first and second FETs can be, for example, depletion mode transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Binh Quang Le, Lee Cleveland, Pau-Ling Chen