Invention Application
- Patent Title: CONSTANT-CURRENT CIRCUIT AND SENSOR DEVICE HAVING THIS
- Patent Title (中): 恒流电路和传感器装置
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Application No.: US14976946Application Date: 2015-12-21
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Publication No.: US20160195890A1Publication Date: 2016-07-07
- Inventor: Akira Asao , Kiyoshi Sasai
- Applicant: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
- Priority: JP2015-000143 20150105
- Main IPC: G05F3/26
- IPC: G05F3/26 ; G01R17/00

Abstract:
A first transistor and a second transistor form a current mirror circuit. A second current flowing in the second transistor is kept constant by a current control circuit. Therefore, a first current, to be output to a load, in the first transistor is kept at a constant value responsive to the second current in the second transistor. Since a drain voltage in the second transistor is controlled so as to become equal to a drain voltage in the first transistor, even if a voltage at an output terminal changes in response to a change in the impedance of the load, a ratio between the first current and the second current becomes substantially equal to a size ratio K between the first transistor and the second transistor. That is, the first current and second current precisely operate as a current mirror circuit.
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