Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Specific identifiable device – circuit – or system – With specific source of supply or bias voltage
Patent
1997-07-08
1999-05-04
Tran, Toan
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Specific identifiable device, circuit, or system
With specific source of supply or bias voltage
327 51, 327427, G05F 110, H03K 17687
Patent
active
059007761
ABSTRACT:
A current sense circuit (100) for providing an output signal (Iout) representative of a current signal (Id) flowing through a FET output device (101) comprises a first transistor (102) for providing an image current signal (I.sub.m) which is substantially proportional to the current signal flowing through the FET output device (101) until the drain-source voltage signal of the FET output device (101) is less than a predetermined voltage and a second transistor (104) coupled to a control electrode of the first transistor (102) and for coupling to the gate electrode of the FET output device (101). The first (102) and second (104) transistors are matched and have the same threshold voltages as that of the FET output device (101). The second transistor (104) provides a correction current signal (I.sub.c) when the drain-source voltage signal of the FET output device (101) is less than the predetermined voltage. Subtracting circuitry (106) coupled to the first (102) and second (104) transistors subtracts the correction current signal (I.sub.c) from the image current signal (I.sub.m) to provide a corrected image current signal which is substantially proportional to the current signal flowing through the FET output device (101). The output signal (Iout) comprises the image current signal (I.sub.m) or corrected image current signal depending on the drain-source voltage of the FET output device (101).
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Coleman Sharon K.
Motorola Inc.
Tran Toan
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