US Patent 7362246 High speed comparator offset correction

Patent 7362246 was granted and assigned to Intel on April, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Intel

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

73622460

Patent Inventor Names

Georgios Palaskas0

Sunghyun Park0

Date of Patent

April 22, 2008

Patent Application Number

115181050

Date Filed

September 8, 2006

Patent Primary Examiner

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Peguy JeanPierre

Patent abstract

An offset canceling buffer receives a reference voltage, and provides a modified reference voltage to a comparator. The modified reference voltage operates to cancel any comparator offset. The offset canceling buffer includes a digitally controllable current source to steer current in different paths based on comparator offset.