Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Constant current circuit and voltage reference circuit
- Patent Title (中): 恒流电路和电压参考电路
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Application No.: US13660408Application Date: 2012-10-25
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Publication No.: US09000749B2Publication Date: 2015-04-07
- Inventor: Yuji Kobayashi
- Applicant: Seiko Instruments Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Chiba
- Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.
- Current Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiba
- Agency: Brinks Gilson & Lione
- Priority: JP2011-239421 20111031
- Main IPC: G05F3/16
- IPC: G05F3/16 ; G05F3/24

Abstract:
Provided is a constant current circuit in which an enhancement N-channel transistor can operate in a weak-inversion state even at high temperatures. A constant current circuit includes a current mirror circuit, a constant-current generation block circuit, and an off-leak circuit, wherein the off-leak circuit is constituted by a first enhancement N-channel transistor having a gate and a source connected to an earth terminal and a drain connected to an output of the constant current circuit. This suppresses an increase in a gate-to-source voltage of the enhancement N-channel transistor which generates a constant current, thereby maintaining its operation in a weak-inversion state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130106394A1 CONSTANT CURRENT CIRCUIT AND VOLTAGE REFERENCE CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2013-05-02
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