Power cycling power on reset circuit for fuse initialization circuitry

• Main Authors: KOHLI ANUJ, NELSON DAVID K, HEIKKILA WALTER W, GUIMONT JOE G
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.02.2015
• Subjects: AUTOMATIC CONTROL, STARTING, SYNCHRONISATION, OR STABILISATIONOF GENERATORS OF ELECTRONIC OSCILLATIONS OR PULSES; BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY; ELECTRICITY; PULSE TECHNIQUE

A system for initializing circuitry is presented. The system employs a power-on reset circuit having a threshold voltage and a programmable switch circuit. The power-on reset circuit has a detector circuit for detecting a reference voltage, and a one-sided latch for generating an output voltage reflective of the reference voltage. The detector circuit has a threshold after which the one-sided latch is activated. The programmable switch circuit receives the output voltage of the power-on reset circuit and generates an enable signal and its complement based on the status of an internal fuse. The switch point of the power-on reset circuit provides for a rapid increase in output voltage that offsets parasitic leakage current in the programmable switch circuit that can result in improper enable signal output. A high resistance direct path to ground on an output node of the power-on reset circuit prevents residual charge from causing an undesired misfire.