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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2002
Bruno Gailhard, Trets, FR;
Olivier Ferrand, Puyloubier, FR;
STMicroelectronics SA, Montrouge, FI;
Abstract
A temperature-compensated current source includes a first arm fixing a reference voltage, a second arm fixing a reference current, and a third arm providing an output current obtained by copying the reference current in a first current mirror. A second current mirror copies, in the voltage reference arm, the reference current while a voltage copying circuit copies the reference voltage at a node of the second arm connected to ground by a first resistor series-connected with n parallel-connected diodes. A second resistor is parallel-connected with the assembly formed by the first resistor series-connected with the n parallel-connected diodes.