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Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 27, 2015
Applicant:

Dialog Semiconductor (Uk) Limited, London, GB;

Inventors:

Danilo Gerna, Leghorn, IT;

Stefano Scaldaferri, Bientina, IT;

Nicolo Nizza, Marsala, IT;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/00 (2006.01); H03F 3/45 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/0092 (2013.01); H03F 3/45475 (2013.01); H03F 2203/45551 (2013.01); H03F 2203/45634 (2013.01); H03K 2217/0027 (2013.01); H03K 2217/0054 (2013.01);
Abstract

A current sense circuit for a pass transistor is described. The current sense circuit comprises a sense transistor, a differential amplifier comprising a differential input and a differential output, and a differential difference amplifier, referred to as DD amplifier, comprising a main differential input, an auxiliary differential input and an output; wherein the differential output of the differential amplifier is coupled to the auxiliary differential input of the DD amplifier; wherein the output port of the pass transistor is coupled to a first port of the main differential input and wherein the output port of the sense transistor is coupled to a second port of the main differential input. The output of the DD amplifier is used to control a voltage drop across the sense transistor and the pass transistor.


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