Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reference-voltage circuit
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Application No.: US14490399Application Date: 2014-09-18
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Publication No.: US09910452B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: Kosuke Takada , Masakazu Sugiura
- Applicant: Seiko Instruments Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Chiba-Shi, Chiba
- Assignee: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiba-Shi, Chiba
- Agency: Brinks Gilson & Lione
- Priority: JP2012-065976 20120322; JP2012-212944 20120926
- Main IPC: G05F3/24
- IPC: G05F3/24 ; G05F3/26 ; H03F3/345 ; G05F3/30 ; H03F1/30

Abstract:
Provided is a reference voltage circuit capable of adjusting an arbitrary output voltage to have arbitrary temperature characteristics. The reference voltage circuit includes: a reference current generating circuit configured to convert a difference between forward voltages of a plurality of PN junction elements into current to generate a first current; a current generating circuit configured to use the first current generated by the reference current generating circuit to generate a second current; and a voltage generating circuit including a first resistive element and a second resistive element, the first resistive element being configured to generate a first voltage having positive temperature characteristics when the first current flows through the first resistive element, the second resistive element being configured to generate a second voltage having negative temperature characteristics when the first current and the second current flow through the second resistive element. The reference voltage circuit outputs a reference voltage obtained by adding the first voltage to the second voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150002131A1 REFERENCE-VOLTAGE CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2015-01-01
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