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Current reference circuit with voltage offset circuitry

US6466083B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 21, 2000
Grant dateOct 15, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 21, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05F3/262
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An integrated current reference comprises two current mirrors, the gate source voltage of one of the current mirrors being offset by a voltage reference element, which in an embodiment consists of an on MOSFET.

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