Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Constant current supply circuit capable of being trimmed
- Patent Title (中): 恒流供电电路能够修整
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Application No.: US11704678Application Date: 2007-02-08
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Publication No.: US07667449B2Publication Date: 2010-02-23
- Inventor: Akira Takeda
- Applicant: Akira Takeda
- Applicant Address: JP Chiba
- Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.
- Current Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiba
- Agency: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
- Priority: JP2006-032564 20060209
- Main IPC: G05F3/16
- IPC: G05F3/16

Abstract:
To provide a constant current circuit which is capable of not only acquiring characteristics of various sorts of electric circuits even before a trimming adjustment is carried out, performing the trimming adjustment based upon the acquired characteristics, performing trimming processes to both the constant current circuit and a load collectively, and performing an adjustment of a constant current with high precision, but also capable of reducing a total number of manufacturing steps so that a production cost can be lowered, as compared with that of a conventional constant current circuit.A constant current circuit of the present invention includes: a current output portion including a first transistor for causing a reference current to flow and a second transistor for causing an output current with respect to a load to flow, the first transistor and the second transistor connected with each other through a current mirror connection; a depletion transistor connected in series with the first transistor, for adjusting the reference current through trimming; a third transistor interposed between the depletion transistor and a ground point, for controlling tuning on/off of a connection between the depletion transistor and the ground point; and a first external terminal for allowing the reference current to flow through the first transistor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080018315A1 Constant current supply circuit Public/Granted day:2008-01-24
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