Transistor circuit for use in a voltage to current converter cir

Electricity: power supply or regulation systems – Self-regulating – Using a three or more terminal semiconductive device as the...

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ABSTRACT:
A bidirectional voltage to current converter circuit with extended dynamic range includes a first and second operational amplifier in which the input voltage terminal is connected to the negative input of both operational amplifiers. The outputs of the operational amplifiers each directly drive the gates of two transistors which operate as a current mirror circuit. The current mirror transistors associated with the first operational amplifier are p-channel transistors with their sources connected to VDD, and the two transistors driven by the second operational amplifier are n-channel transistors with their sources connected to ground. The drains of the first p-channel transistor and the first n-channel transistor are coupled back to the positive inputs of the first and second operational amplifiers respectively; and also each drain is separately connected to one end of a resistor, the other ends of the two resistors are connected together and to a reference voltage. The drains of the second p-channel transistor and the second n-channel transistor are connected together to form a current output terminal.

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