Patents Assigned to Western Digital (Singapore) Pty, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 5336942
    Abstract: A Schmitt trigger circuit that has a separate HI bias circuit, a separate LO bias circuit, and a trigger circuit that includes HI and LO sections that respectively match the circuitry in the HI and LO bias circuits. HI and LO threshold signals are applied to locations in the HI and LO bias circuits that correspond to an input terminal for the trigger circuit, while particular nodes in the bias circuits are connected to corresponding locations in the trigger circuit to set up matching signal levels when the trigger input equals either the HI or the LO threshold levels. The bias circuits include negative feedback paths which inhibit errors due to process, temperature or supply voltage variations, while switching set points are applied to the bias circuits and reflected to the trigger circuit to set the output voltage at a desired level that corresponds to an intermediate point in the switching transition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Assignee: Western Digital (Singapore) Pty, Ltd.
    Inventor: Joseph M. Khayat