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US 9,851,738 B2Granted
Programmable voltage reference
AssigneeArm Limited
InventorsBal S. Sandhu, George McNeil Lattimore, Robert Campbell Aitken
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Abstract
Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to generation of programmable voltage references.
Claims21
A method, comprising:
- generating a voltage reference signal, wherein a voltage level of the voltage reference signal is based, at least in part, on a programmable impedance state of a plurality of programmable impedance states of a correlated electron switch, the plurality of programmable impedance states to respectively include particular approximate resistance and capacitance characteristics, including clamping the correlated electron switch to a particular approximate voltage level during valid voltage reference signal output operations to prevent changing impedance states.
An apparatus, comprising:
- an electrical current generation unit to provide an electrical current to a correlated electron switch to generate a voltage reference signal, wherein a voltage level of the voltage reference signal is based, at least in part, on a programmable impedance state of a plurality of programmable impedance states of the correlated electron switch, the plurality of programmable impedance states to respectively include particular approximate resistance and capacitance characteristics, the correlated electron switch to be clamped to a particular approximate voltage level during valid voltage reference signal output operations to prevent changing impedance states.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.