Electricity: power supply or regulation systems – Self-regulating – Using a three or more terminal semiconductive device as the...
Patent
1993-03-15
1995-09-19
Dougherty, Thomas M.
Electricity: power supply or regulation systems
Self-regulating
Using a three or more terminal semiconductive device as the...
323315, 363 73, G05F 316
Patent
active
054518598
ABSTRACT:
An integrated transconductor circuit in which the input transistor(s) passes a current across a reference resistor. This conventional arrangement produces current error terms of Vbe/R and Ib. According to the present invention, these terms are compensated by providing a compensation resistor which is matched to the first resistor, and a compensation transistor which is matched to the input transistor, interconnected to feed the appropriate current components to the output. For even better compensation, an additional transistor is optionally added to remove the effect of base current of the compensation transistor. In differential embodiments, the compensation resistor may be bridged or split. Zero, one, or more stages of current mirroring can optionally be used to provide the desired output.
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Berhane Adolf
Dougherty Thomas M.
Groover Robert
Jorgenson Lisa K.
Robinson Richard K.
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