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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2005
Applicants:
Yoshito Date, Shiga, JP;
Akira Matsuzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshito Date, Shiga, JP;
Akira Matsuzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 1/00 (2006.01); H03K 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A current driver generates an output current according to an input signal. The current driver includes R current copy circuits and an output current generator where R is a natural number. Each of the current copy circuits stores a current having a given current value and input from the outside in a storage mode and outputs the stored current in an output mode. The output current generator obtains a current or the sum of currents from a non-negative integer number of the current copy circuits selected in accordance with the input signal, and thereby generates an output current.