Method and circuit for trimming offset and temperature drift
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsVadim V. Ivanov, Junlin Zhou, Wally Meinel
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AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsVadim V. Ivanov, Junlin Zhou, Wally Meinel
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An exemplary trimming circuit can be further simplified to include a single current source to provide for trimming of offset and temperature drift in a device, such as an op amp, voltage reference and the like. A single temperature-dependent current source is trimmed to a predetermined value, for example to zero, at a first temperature, and then the current from the temperature-dependent current source is used to trim output parameters, i.e., adjust the output variables, to a desired value at a second temperature. An exemplary trimming circuit comprises a temperature-dependent current source I(T), a current switch and a device to be trimmed. The current switch is configured to suitably facilitate the trimming of the trimmed device through coupling of a fraction or multiple of the current signal from temperature-dependent current source I(T) to one or more offset-control terminals of the trimmed device.
A trimming circuit for facilitating trimming of offset and temperature drift in a device, said trimming circuit comprising:
A amplifier circuit configured for reduced offset and temperature drift, said amplifier circuit comprising:
A method for trimming offset and temperature drift in an electrical device, said method comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.