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Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 26, 2022
Applicant:

Nordic Semiconductor Asa, Trondheim, NO;

Inventor:

Harald Garvik, Trondheim, NO;

Assignee:

Nordic Semiconductor ASA, Trondheim, NO;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/00 (2006.01); H03K 3/353 (2006.01); H03K 5/01 (2006.01); H03K 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/353 (2013.01); H03K 5/01 (2013.01); H03K 5/023 (2013.01);
Abstract

A circuit portion comprises a load circuit portion and a bias circuit portion. The load circuit portion comprises a load transistor. The bias circuit portion comprises a replica transistor matched to the load transistor and connected to the load transistor at a node such that when a current flows through the replica transistor, a current proportional to the current through the replica transistor flows through the load transistor. The bias circuit portion also comprises a current input for receiving an input current, a supply voltage input for receiving a supply voltage, and a feedback loop arranged to: adjust a voltage at the node connecting the replica transistor and the load transistor such that the replica transistor conducts a current proportional to the input current, and counteract variations in the voltage at the node connecting the replica transistor and the load transistor arising from changes in the supply voltage.


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