Patents by Inventor Brian Lee Abernethy

Brian Lee Abernethy has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6617905
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for reducing the threshold bias offset voltage in a comparator, by canceling and bypassing the bias offset current errors. The comparator system comprises amplification stages with bias cancellation circuitry and a threshold setting circuit. The bias offset current cancellation circuit is used to cancel the base current of differential amplifier input emitter follower. The bias offset current cancellation circuit also cancels the loading effect of amplifier input emitter-follower driving stage. The threshold offset voltage is further reduced by the threshold setting circuit. The threshold-setting circuit includes two integrators and a unit gain operation amplifier. The integrators have the input accept a single-ended input signal, an output connected to the negative input of the comparator, and an output connected to the unit gain operational amplifier, whose output is connected to the negative input of the comparator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Applied MicroCircuits Corporation
    Inventors: Hongming An, Brian Lee Abernethy, Bruce Harrison Coy