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Low power voltage sensing circuit

CA 2107221 C · Owner: Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. · Inventors: Jenq, Ching S.

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

A voltage sensing circuit (10) using a pmos transistor (14) to provide a sensing signal at sensing node (15) which is applied to a driver circuit (60) to produce a desired output voltage signal (13).

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  • Filed March 9, 1992 and granted November 28, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 9, 2012.
  • A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by March 9, 2014.
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FiledMarch 9, 1992
GrantedNovember 28, 2000
Term endedMarch 9, 2012
Patent numberCA 2107221 C
Classification (IPC)G11C11/40 +2 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedMarch 9, 1992Patent grantedNov 28, 2000Term endedMarch 9, 2012

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