US 7,589,592 B2
System and method for pre-charging a current mirror
Robert Michael Fisher, Center Point, Iowa (US); Michael L. Hageman, Mount Vernon, Iowa (US); and David S. Ripley, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (US)
Assigned to Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Woburn, Mass. (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/930,572.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/855517, filed on Oct. 31, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2008/0100382 A1, May 01, 2008
Int. Cl. H03F 3/04 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 330—288  [327/535] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for pre-charging a current minor, comprising:
a controller configured to provide a first current and an additional current to a current mirror to rapidly charge a capacitance coupled to the current mirror, wherein the controller applies the additional current in response to a reference voltage; and
logic configured to provide the additional current to the current minor when a base voltage of the current minor is less than the reference voltage, the logic comprising a comparator and at least one logic gate, responsive to two control signals, the two control signals defining a time period during which the additional current is provided.