A voltage balancing circuit, particularly suitable for bipolar memory arrays producing small signals, is provided which includes first and second conductive lines, a point of reference potential, a first device disposed between the first conductive line and the point of reference potential, a second device disposed between the second conductive line and the point of reference potential, first and second transistors, first means for coupling the first line through the first transistor to the second line, second means for coupling the second line through the second transistor to the first line, and means for supplying substantially equal signals to the control electrodes of the first and second transistors. When used in a memory array, the conductive lines are the bit/sense lines, the point of reference potential is a bit/sense line reference voltage and the equal signals for the control electrodes of the transistors are provided in response to a signal from a bit decoder.
A balancing circuit which may be used as part of a random access memory system for eliminating bit line offset, is disclosed. The balancing circuit contemplated by the invention is capable of supporting rapid memory accesses (such as reads when the memory enters a "read" mode); and simultaneously minimizes the potential for the disturbance of data stored in the memory cells attached to a given bit line pair when the memory is in a "standby" mode following deselect. The invention is particularly useful in connection with the Harper/PNP memory cell arrays.
A power supply system for controlling the drive voltages applied to a thin film electroluminescent (TFEL) display panel is disclosed. The system includes a power supply that generates the drive voltages to the TFEL display panel and causes it to emit light. A replaceable or resettable display voltage memory located adjacent the display panel provides the power supply with voltage information specific to the display panel. A feedback circuit measures the light emitted from the display panel. A balancing circuit controls multiple display voltages so that they have the proper relationship with respect to each other. The information from the display voltage memory and the feedback circuit is used by the power supply to control the output of the display voltages.
