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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1998
Masakiyo Horie, Gamagoori, JP;
Takuya Harada, Kariya, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An offset voltage correction circuit for an operational amplifier (1) includes an offset voltage varying device (16, 17, 20, 21-23) for varying an offset voltage in the operational amplifier (1) in response to an offset voltage control value. A comparing device (25) operates for comparing an output voltage from the operational amplifier (1) with a prescribed reference voltage. A control device (19, 300) operates for outputting the offset voltage control value to the offset voltage varying device, for changing the offset voltage control value, for storing, in response to a result of the comparing by the comparing device (25), a digital signal representative of the offset voltage control value at which the output voltage from the operational amplifier (1) and the prescribed reference voltage are equal, and for correcting the offset voltage in the operational amplifier (1) in response to the stored digital signal.