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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2006
Jen Shou Hsu, Hsinchu, TW;
Jen Shou Hsu, Hsinchu, TW;
Etron Technology, Inc., Hsin Chu, TW;
Abstract
A negative voltage generator includes a current mirror unit, a control unit, a resistor, and a switching unit. The current mirror unit receives a first positive voltage from a first positive voltage source and a second positive voltage from a second positive voltage source and determines how to generate a first output current and a second output current according to the difference of a received positive reference voltage and the second positive voltage. The control unit generates a control signal whose value depends on the voltage variation of a negative voltage generated by a negative voltage source, and the on/off state of the switching unit is determined according to the control signal to keep the current passing through the switching unit constant and to generate a first output negative voltage having a constant level.