Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Current source with tunable voltage-current coefficient
- Patent Title (中): 具有可调电压 - 电流系数的电流源
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Application No.: US12840943Application Date: 2010-07-21
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Publication No.: US08736358B2Publication Date: 2014-05-27
- Inventor: Chung-Kuang Chen , Han-Sung Chen , Chun-Hsiung Hung
- Applicant: Chung-Kuang Chen , Han-Sung Chen , Chun-Hsiung Hung
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP
- Main IPC: G05F1/10
- IPC: G05F1/10 ; G05F3/02

Abstract:
A current source providing an output current with a fixed current range includes a bias circuit, a resistor, a current mirror, and a controller. The bias circuit provides a first voltage weighted with a first tunable coefficient and a second voltage weighted with a second tunable coefficient. The resistor has a tunable resistance for determining a bias current according to a voltage difference between the first and the second voltages and the tunable resistance. The current mirror generates the output current according to the bias current. The controller adjusts the tunable resistance and one of the first and the second tunable coefficients to achieve a voltage-current coefficient with different values, while the bias current and the output current are kept within a fixed current range.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120019232A1 Current Source with Tunable Voltage-Current Coefficient Public/Granted day:2012-01-26
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