EP0169388A1 - Source de courant constant intégrée - Google Patents

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EP0169388A1
EP0169388A1 EP85107776A EP85107776A EP0169388A1 EP 0169388 A1 EP0169388 A1 EP 0169388A1 EP 85107776 A EP85107776 A EP 85107776A EP 85107776 A EP85107776 A EP 85107776A EP 0169388 A1 EP0169388 A1 EP 0169388A1
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    • G05F1/46—Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is dc
    • G05F1/56—Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is dc using semiconductor devices in series with the load as final control devices
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    • G05F1/56—Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is dc using semiconductor devices in series with the load as final control devices
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  • the present invention relates to an integrated constant current source according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • FIG. 1 shows a basic circuit diagram of an integrated constant current source of the generic type.
  • a constant current source contains an operational amplifier UP which compares a reference voltage U ref fed in at its inverting input with a voltage dropping across a reference resistor R Ref .
  • a transistor stage T 1 is coupled to the output of the operational amplifier OP, which converts the output voltage of the operational amplifier into a corresponding current.
  • a collector current of this transistor stage T 1 designated I c1 flows through the reference resistor R ref , across which a voltage drops due to the current I c1 flowing through it, which voltage is fed into the non-inverting input of the operational amplifier OP.
  • the transistor stage T 1 On the basis of the comparison carried out by the operational amplifier OP, the transistor stage T 1 is driven such that the reference voltage U ref and the voltage drop across the reference resistor R ref are the same.
  • the product of the collector current I c1 of the transistor stage T 1 and the value of the reference resistor R ref is thus equal to the reference voltage U ref . This means that the collector current Ic 1 is also constant.
  • the further transistor stage T 2 is coupled to the output of the operational amplifier OP, in the circuit of whose collector-emitter path there is a current mirror formed by transistors T 3 , T 4 against the reference potential (ground).
  • This current mirror is formed by a lying in the collector-emitter circuit of the transistor stage T2, diode reference transistor T 3 as well as a switch controlled by this transistor T 4, wherein about the last-mentioned transistor T 4 and an output A of the constant current source, a constant output current I a on a consumer, not shown, coupled to the output A flows.
  • the constancy of the currents and in particular of the output current I a applies only to a first approximation. If one looks more closely at the current ratio, for example in the per mille range, it becomes apparent that the constancy of the output current I a is not precise enough for many applications. A portion of the collector current I c2 supplied by the transistor stage T 2 is lost, which is used as the drive current in the form of base currents I B3 and I B4 for driving the current mirror transistors T 3 , T 4 is required.
  • the base currents mentioned depend on the current amplifications of the current mirror transistors T 3 , T 4 , which can vary widely, this variation correspondingly being included in the output current I a .
  • an emitter and / or collector area ratio of 1: n is selected for setting a predetermined output current I a in the current mirror for the transistors T 3 and T 4 , ie the emitter and / or collector area of the transistor T 4 n times larger than the emitter and / or collector area of the transistor T 3 .
  • the output current constancy is also adversely affected by the so-called early effect, which is that in the active part of the characteristic field of a transistor the collector current is not independent of the collector-emitter voltage, i.e. runs horizontally in the characteristic field, but also increases with increasing collector-emitter voltage.
  • the present invention is therefore based on the object of specifying a circuit for compensating for fluctuations in the output current caused by the base currents in the current mirror in the case of an integrated constant current source of the type explained above, this circuit also being able to be used to compensate for the early effect.
  • FIG. 2 shows a circuit diagram of an integrated constant current source according to FIG. 1 which has been expanded in accordance with the invention, the same elements being provided with the same reference symbols in FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the circuit arrangement according to FIG. 2 corresponds to the circuit arrangement according to FIG. 1, so that here the corresponding statements regarding the circuit arrangement according to FIG. 1 can be referenced.
  • the circuit arrangement according to FIG. 2 contains a further current mirror T 7 , T 8 , a transistor T 6 being located in the collector-emitter circuit of the controlled transistor T 7 of this current mirror, which transistor is coupled with its base to the reference resistor R ref .
  • the current mirror T 7 , T 8 fetches a current in which the error caused by the base currents of the transistors T 7 , T 8 likewise occurs comes in.
  • This fault current is designated I F in FIG. 2.
  • the second current mirror T 71 T 8 produces the same error caused by the base currents as that by the Base currents IB 3 , IB 4 in the first current mirror T 3 , T 4 is conditional.
  • the properties of the transistors mentioned essentially match one another. At least, however, it is possible with very good yield to switch off those specimens in which the transistors T 3 , T 4 of the first current mirror or T 7 , T 8 of the second current mirror are not sufficiently "paired".
  • the transistor stage T 4 which carries the constant output current I, which still has errors due to the early effect, is coupled via a further operational amplifier OP connected as a voltage follower, to the transistor stage T 6 coupled to the reference resistor R ref .
  • This transistor T 6 lies with its collector-emitter path in the circuit of the transistor stage T 7 carrying the mirrored current of the second current mirror T 6 , T 7 and with its base on the reference resistor R rer .
  • T 4 is selected in which the diode-connected reference transistor T 3 and from this Controlled, the (mirrored) constant output current I a leading transistor T 4 have an emitter and / or collector area ratio of 1: n
  • the reference resistor R ref and the further operational amplifier OP 1 coupled transistor T 6 based on the emitter and / or collector area of the reference transistor T 3 of the first current mirror T 3 , T 4 an n-fold emitter and / or collector area and the transistor T 8 acting as a diode and acting as a reference transistor the mirrored current leading transistor T 7 of the second current mirror T 7 , T 8 an emitter and / or collector area ratio of 1: (n + 1).
  • the compensating effect is thus retained even for an output current I a determined by the ratio n.

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EP0268345A2 (fr) * 1986-11-20 1988-05-25 Industrial Technology Research Institute Source de courants ajustés
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EP0388802A2 (fr) * 1989-03-24 1990-09-26 National Semiconductor Corporation Amplificateur d'erreur pour régulateurs de courant ou de tension autonomes travaillant en parallèle utilisant des amplificateurs de puissance du type à transconductance
EP0388802A3 (fr) * 1989-03-24 1991-04-24 National Semiconductor Corporation Amplificateur d'erreur pour régulateurs de courant ou de tension autonomes travaillant en parallèle utilisant des amplificateurs de puissance du type à transconductance
DE10145034A1 (de) * 2001-09-13 2003-04-03 Infineon Technologies Ag Anordnung mit einer Stromquelle und einem zu dieser in Reihe geschalteten Schalter
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DE10145034B4 (de) * 2001-09-13 2005-04-21 Infineon Technologies Ag Anordnung mit einer Stromquelle und einem zu dieser in Reihe geschalteten Schalter
US7740465B2 (en) 2005-03-03 2010-06-22 Atmel Automotive Gmbh Casting mold for producing an optical semiconductor module
DE102005022612A1 (de) * 2005-05-10 2006-11-16 Atmel Germany Gmbh Treiberschaltung für elektronische Bauteile

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