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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2011
Satoshi Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuminori Morisawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Tabei, Kanagawa, JP;
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a bias circuit that can operate even at low voltage and control a current reflecting a change in drain voltage. A first current mirror circuit for feeding back a drain terminal current of an FET which receives an output of an operational amplifier at a gate terminal to an input terminal of the operational amplifier and a second current mirror circuit are coupled in parallel. A variable voltage is coupled to the first current mirror circuit, and a fixed voltage is coupled to the second current mirror circuit. Even if the variable voltage becomes lower than the threshold voltage of FETs configuring the first current mirror circuit, the second current mirror circuit feeds back the current to the input terminal of the operational amplifier with reliability.