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Patent No.:

US 9000749 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 25, 2012
Applicant:

Seiko Instruments Inc., Chiba-shi, Chiba, JP;

Inventor:

Yuji Kobayashi, Chiba, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 3/16 (2006.01); G05F 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 3/242 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a constant current circuit in which an enhancement N-channel transistor can operate in a weak-inversion state even at high temperatures. A constant current circuit includes a current mirror circuit, a constant-current generation block circuit, and an off-leak circuit, wherein the off-leak circuit is constituted by a first enhancement N-channel transistor having a gate and a source connected to an earth terminal and a drain connected to an output of the constant current circuit. This suppresses an increase in a gate-to-source voltage of the enhancement N-channel transistor which generates a constant current, thereby maintaining its operation in a weak-inversion state.


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Kobayashi, Yuji. (2015). Constant current circuit and voltage reference circuit (U.S. Patent No. 9000749). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9000749

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