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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shunsuke Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokatsu Shirahama, Kanagawa, JP;
Go Kawata, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Furuta, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideyuki Funaki, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuro Itakura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/24 (2006.01); G01T 1/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/17 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to an embodiment, a circuit includes a shunt and a controller. The shunt shunts input current into a plurality of current paths. The controller controls a gain of current inputted to the shunt by combining the current that is shunted into the current paths by the shunt in combination corresponding to a first signal from the outside or changing a shunt ratio with which the shunt shunts the current into the current paths corresponding to the first signal.