Abstract:
A control switch is connected to a power supply voltage and turns on based on a control signal to output a current. A clamp circuit is connected to a load and performs clamp control of the output voltage of the control switch. A current control element conducts or shuts off a current based on the output voltage to be clamp-controlled. A selector switch group includes switches, and performs switching based on a voltage varying with the current control by the current control element, thereby switching between paths for generating an internal power supply. The switch circuit connects or disconnects the coupling between the clamp circuit and the selector switch group.
Abstract:
Circuits and method for providing voltage reference circuits that include low drift over time and lower operating voltages are provided. Generally, it is desirable that a reference circuit provide an accurate and precise reference over time. The voltage reference circuits described can provide for good long term stability, operation at lower voltages than prior designs, consistent output voltage with reduced variability due to process changes and mismatches, low noise in the reference voltage, and other advantages.
Abstract:
A voltage-regulating circuit uses a combination of a longitudinal regulator circuit with a switched charge-pumping circuit. The longitudinal regulator circuit contains a transistor, a first resistor, and a zener diode. The charge-pumping circuit has a second resistor, a capacitor and a switched voltage source lying in series between the output potential of the voltage-regulating circuit and a chassis ground potential. The anode of a diode is connected to a point between the second resistor and the capacitor, while the cathode of the diode is connected to the controlling signal input of the transistor.
Abstract:
A circuit for providing a constant current and a constant bias voltage is described. The circuit includes two paths coupled between a positive voltage supply +V.sub.S and a negative voltage supply -V.sub.S. Each path inlcudes a Zener diode and a enhancement mode field effect transistor (FET) device (the FET device being coupled in a diode configuration) which are connected in series. Each path of the circuit further includes an FET device and an associated resistor combination, coupled in series with the Zener diode and the diode-coupled FET device. The FET device and the associated resistor function as a current source component. A gate terminal of each FET device of the current source component is coupled across the Zener diode and the diode-coupled FET device of the other circuit path. This cross-coupling between the two paths provides compensation, in addition to that provided by the Zener diode characteristics, for variations in circuit parameters, such as changes in the voltage supplies, thereby permitting a stable bias voltage to be generated.
Abstract:
A reference voltage circuit including a constant voltage circuit and a resistance voltage divider circuit. The constant voltage circuit includes a Zener diode, and a bias current circuit connected in series with the Zener diode and causing a constant current to flow into the Zener diode. The resistance voltage divider circuit is connected in parallel with the Zener diode, and includes first and second resistors connected in series. The first resistor is connected to a cathode side of the Zener diode, and is formed of a low temperature coefficient resistor body that is temperature-independent. The second resistor is connected to an anode side of the Zener diode, and is formed of a resistor body having temperature characteristics that are the reverse of output temperature characteristics of the Zener diode.
Abstract:
A voltage generator includes a first transistor, a second transistor, an operational amplifier, a capacitor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor and a first resistor. The operational amplifier includes a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the first transistor, and a second terminal coupled to a second terminal of the second transistor. The capacitor is coupled between an output terminal of the operational amplifier and a ground terminal. The third transistor is coupled to the first transistor and the output terminal of the operational amplifier. The fourth transistor is coupled to the second transistor, the output terminal of the operational amplifier and the ground terminal. The first resistor is utilized for generating a complementary to absolute temperature voltage according to a voltage difference between a gate-source voltage of the third transistor and a gate-source voltage of the fourth transistor.
Abstract:
A reference voltage generation circuit comprises: a first depletion mode FET; a second depletion mode FET; a first resistor; a first bipolar transistor; a second resistor; a second bipolar transistor; a third bipolar transistor; a third resistor; a third depletion mode FET having its drain connected to a second end of the first resistor and to the collector of the first bipolar transistor; and a fourth bipolar transistor having its base and collector connected to the gate and the source of the third depletion mode FET, and its emitter grounded, wherein source voltage of the second depletion mode FET is output as a reference voltage.
Abstract:
A double diffused transistor structure having a base region which is sufficiently thin so that the reverse breakdown voltage between the emitter and the collector (BVeco) is less than the reverse breakdown voltage between the emitter and the base (BVebo). The transistor structure is connected in an upside-down fashion as a two-terminal network, the terminals being formed by the emitter and the collector in a manner similar to that heretofore employed with Zener diodes to provide a ''''reachthrough'''' at a predetermined voltage thereacross. A circuit utilizing such a ''''reach-through'''' transistor structure connected in the upside-down fashion in conjunction with other components to operate the transistor structure at a constant current to maintain the reverse breakdown voltage constant.
Abstract:
A first terminal receives a first DC voltage. A switch selectively couples the first terminal to a second terminal providing an output. A control circuit selectively actuates the switch in response to a comparison of the first DC voltage to a second DC voltage. A low-dropout (LDO) linear voltage regulator, connected between the first and third terminals, operates to provide the second DC voltage from the first DC voltage.
Abstract:
A reference generation circuit includes a reference circuit and a local supply regulation circuit connected between an input supply and the reference circuit to supply a local regulated input to the reference circuit. The local supply regulation circuit comprises an error amplifier and a pass device, and wherein the error amplifier senses an output voltage of the pass device and an output voltage of the reference generation circuit to generate an output to control a gate terminal of the pass device. The error amplifier uses a feedback network to sense the output voltage of the pass device for comparison with the output voltage of the reference generation circuit to generate the output to control the pass