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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2002
Tomonari Katoh, Osaka-Fu, JP;
Kohichi Hagino, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Tomonari Katoh, Osaka-Fu, JP;
Kohichi Hagino, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
An overcurrent limitation circuit for use in a direct current stabilization electric power supply circuit controls and drives an output transistor to output a constant voltage in accordance with a difference between a reference voltage and a voltage proportional to the output voltage. The overcurrent limitation circuit includes a proportional output current generating device for generating a current proportional to a current flowing through the output transistor, a current/voltage-converting device for converting an output current flowing from the proportional output current generating device into a voltage, and a switching device configured to supply the current/voltage converting device with the output current from the proportional output current generating device when the output voltage is higher than a prescribed level, and interrupts the supplying when the output voltage is lower than the prescribed level. A control device is provided so as to control the output transistor to output a current in accordance with an output voltage at a current supplying point of the proportional output current generating device.