Abstract:
A linear regulator and a current sensing circuit are provided. The linear regulator comprises a pass transistor, a compensation capacitor, a variable resistor, an error amplifier and a current sensing circuit comprising a sense transistor controlled by the error amplifier and a voltage follower coupled with the second terminal of the pass transistor and the second terminal of the sense transistor. The sense transistor receives an input voltage, and generates a sense current proportional to a pass current. The voltage follower controls the voltage at the second terminal of the sense transistor to be the same as that at the second terminal of the pass transistor, and adjusts the resistance of the variable resistor according to the voltages at the second terminal of the pass transistor, the voltage at the second terminal of the sense transistor, and the sense current flowing through the sense transistor.
Abstract:
A rail-to-rail operational amplifier capable of reducing current consumption includes an amplification stage circuit including a first compensation output terminal and a second compensation output terminal, for generating an amplified signal according to an input signal, an output stage circuit coupled to the amplification stage circuit, for outputting the amplified signal, and a compensation circuit coupled to the amplification stage circuit and the output stage circuit. The compensation circuit includes a first voltage generator for generating a first voltage, a second voltage generator for generating a second voltage, a first compensation capacitor, a second compensation capacitor, and four switches named from a first switch to a fourth switch, wherein the first voltage is approximately a steady state voltage of the first compensation output terminal and the second voltage is approximately a steady state voltage of the second compensation output terminal.
Abstract:
A biasing circuit includes a reference current source, a first transistor, a second transistor, and a voltage buffer. The first transistor includes a first connection end coupled to the reference current source, a control end, and a second connection end coupled to a system grounding end. The second transistor includes a control end coupled to the control end of the first transistor, a first connection end coupled to a system power supply end, and a second connection end coupled to the system grounding end. The voltage buffer includes an input end coupled to an output end of the reference current source and the first connection end of the first transistor, and an output end coupled to the control ends of the first transistor and the second transistor. The first transistor and the second transistor constitute a current mirror.