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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2007
Hiroki Aizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Aizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
NEC Electronics Corporation, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A voltage supply circuit includes an output transistor causing a first current to flow to an output terminal of the voltage supply circuit based on a control voltage applied from an error amplifier to a control terminal of the output transistor; and an overcurrent protection circuit including a reference transistor causing a second current to flow to the output terminal, the second current having an amount corresponding to an amount of the first current, the overcurrent protection circuit regulating a level of the control voltage based on comparison between a detection voltage caused based on the second current and a reference voltage.