EP1160642A1 - Strombegrenzungsschaltung - Google Patents
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- EP1160642A1 EP1160642A1 EP01109666A EP01109666A EP1160642A1 EP 1160642 A1 EP1160642 A1 EP 1160642A1 EP 01109666 A EP01109666 A EP 01109666A EP 01109666 A EP01109666 A EP 01109666A EP 1160642 A1 EP1160642 A1 EP 1160642A1
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- G05F3/00—Non-retroactive systems for regulating electric variables by using an uncontrolled element, or an uncontrolled combination of elements, such element or such combination having self-regulating properties
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- G05F3/08—Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable is DC
- G05F3/10—Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable is DC using uncontrolled devices with non-linear characteristics
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- G05F3/20—Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable is DC using uncontrolled devices with non-linear characteristics being semiconductor devices using diode- transistor combinations
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- the invention relates to a circuit arrangement for current limitation variable load currents in circuits with a Power supply for a series connection, consisting of one Load current control FET and a consumer, the series connection is switched between power supply and ground, with a differential amplifier that with a first and a second input and an output is provided, on which second input a reference voltage source is connected and the output is connected to the gate of the load current control FET is and an operating voltage source.
- the load current path as a series connection of a current source resistor, a load current control FET and the consumer is running.
- a differential amplifier switched so that an input of the differential amplifier a reference voltage, the other input that Voltage potential, which is above the current source resistance has set, evaluates and at the output the amplified Differential signal through the gate of the load current control FET Regulates load current.
- the current source resistance is dimensioned that when there is a maximum load current in the load current path the load current control FET with the load current limit is used.
- Such current limiter circuits prove to be disadvantageous in that for feeding electricity into the consumer, e.g. by a current source resistance, a voltage swing between Operating voltage source and consumer must be provided so that for the consumer only a significantly reduced Usable range of the operating voltage can be made available can.
- the invention is based on the object of a load current limitation so that the consumer the operating voltage range as complete as possible poses.
- the object underlying the invention is achieved by Circuit arrangement solved in such a way that the current feed via a newly introduced current mirror, one of which Current path, the load current path via the load current control FET carries the load current of the consumer, whose other Stro mpfad is executed as a current mirror control path and the over the current mirror control FET a mirrored load current wearing.
- Current mirrors are the transistors of the current mirror, load current control FET and current mirror control FET, e.g. on the same substrate of a circuit, have a common gate connection and are dimensioned in their geometry so that when driving both transistors in the same Working point the ratio load current: mirrored Load current behaves as n: 1.
- load current control FETs form and current mirror control FET a current mirror and are connected to the Operating voltage connected.
- the Load current control FET By connecting the Load current control FET with the consumer flows in it Current path of the current mirror a load current. That about the consumer the voltage potential that arises is transmitted via a connected input of the operational amplifier sampled. Since the operational amplifier has the gate of the output side Current mirror coupling FET controls and by connecting the other input of the operational amplifier with the source connection of the current mirror coupling FET switched as a voltage follower the potential at the drain connection of the Current mirror control FET by the load current at the consumer generated voltage potential. This ensures that the current mirror ratio is exactly 1: n. The factor n mirrored load current generated across the current limiting resistor a voltage drop.
- This potential is due to Input of the differential amplifier. There it will be with the Reference voltage at the other input of the differential amplifier switched reference voltage source compared. If this potential exceeds the reference voltage of the reference voltage source this is how it controls the output of the differential amplifier amplified difference signal by controlling the common gate connections of current mirror control FET and Load current control FET due to potential increase in its source drain The path closes and the current limitation begins. The point of use this current limitation can be adjusted by adjusting the current limiting resistor or the reference voltage source.
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Abstract
Description
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- Laststrom-Steuer-FET
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- Verbraucher
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- Differenzverstärker
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- Stromspiegel-Steuer-FET
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- Stromspiegel-Koppel-FET
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- Strombegrenzungswiderstand
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- zweiter Differenzverstärker
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- Referenzspannungsquelle
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- Betriebsspannungsquelle
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- Laststrom
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- gespiegelter Laststrom
Claims (1)
- Schaltungsanordnung zur Strombegrenzung veränderlicher Lastströme in Schaltungen mit einer Stromeinspeisung für eine Reihenschaltung bestehend aus einem Laststrom-Steuer-FET und einem Verbraucher, wobei die Reihenschaltung zwischen Stromeinspeisung und Masse geschaltet wird, mit einem Differenzverstärker, der mit einem ersten und einem zweiten Eingang sowie einem Ausgang versehen ist, wobei an dem zweiten Eingang eine Referenzspannungsquelle angeschlossen ist und der Ausgang mit dem Gate des Laststrom-Steuer-FET verbunden ist, und einer Betriebsspannungsquelle dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß ein Stromspiegel angeordnet ist, der aus einem Stromspiegel-Steuer-FET (4) und dem Laststrom-Steuer-FET (1) besteht, daß der Sourceanschluss des Laststrom-Steuer-FET (1) und der Sourceanschluss des Stromspiegel-Steuer-FET (4) mit der Betriebsspannungsquelle (9) verbunden ist und daß dem Stromspiegel ein Stromspiegel-Steuerpfad zugeordnet ist, bestehend aus einem Stromspiegel-Koppel-FET (5), dessen Sourceanschluss mit dem Drainanschluss des Stromspiegel-Steuer-FET (4) verbunden ist und dessen Drainanschluss mit dem ersten Eingang des Differenzverstärkers (3) verbunden ist, und einem Strombegrenzungswiderstand (6), wobei der Drainanschluss des Stromspiegel-Koppel-FET (5) zusätzlich mit dem Strombegrenzungswiderstand (6) in Reihe nach Masse geschaltet ist, daß der Ausgang des Differenzverstärker (3) mit dem Gate des Stromspiegel-Steuer-FET (4) verbunden ist, daß ein zweiter Differenzverstärker(7) mit einem ersten und zweiten Eingang und einem Ausgang angeordnet ist, wobei der erste Eingang des zweiten Differenzverstärkers (7) mit dem Sourceanschluss des Stromspiegel-Koppel-FET (5), der zweite Eingang des zweiten Differenzverstärkers (7) mit dem Verbraucher (2) und dem Drainanschluss des Laststrom-Steuer-FET (1) verbunden ist und der Ausgang an das Gate des Stromspiegel-Koppel-FET (5) angeschlossen ist.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| DE10026793 | 2000-05-31 | ||
| DE10026793A DE10026793A1 (de) | 2000-05-31 | 2000-05-31 | Strombegrenzungsschaltung |
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| EP1160642A1 true EP1160642A1 (de) | 2001-12-05 |
| EP1160642B1 EP1160642B1 (de) | 2011-05-25 |
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| EP01109666A Expired - Lifetime EP1160642B1 (de) | 2000-05-31 | 2001-04-19 | Strombegrenzungsschaltung |
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| EP (1) | EP1160642B1 (de) |
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| DE (1) | DE10026793A1 (de) |
Cited By (1)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WO2009076304A1 (en) * | 2007-12-12 | 2009-06-18 | Sandisk Corporation | Current mirror device and method |
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| US7679876B2 (en) * | 2006-05-22 | 2010-03-16 | Mediatek Singapore Pte Ltd. | Current limiter system, circuit and method for limiting current |
| DE102020209371A1 (de) | 2020-07-24 | 2022-01-27 | Robert Bosch Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung | Stromregelung mit mindestens einem Feldeffekttransistor |
Citations (5)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| EP0356570A1 (de) * | 1988-09-02 | 1990-03-07 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | Stromspiegel |
| US5519310A (en) * | 1993-09-23 | 1996-05-21 | At&T Global Information Solutions Company | Voltage-to-current converter without series sensing resistor |
| US5847556A (en) * | 1997-12-18 | 1998-12-08 | Lucent Technologies Inc. | Precision current source |
| EP0994402A1 (de) * | 1998-10-15 | 2000-04-19 | Lucent Technologies Inc. | Stromspiegelschaltung |
| US6064267A (en) * | 1998-10-05 | 2000-05-16 | Globespan, Inc. | Current mirror utilizing amplifier to match operating voltages of input and output transconductance devices |
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Patent Citations (5)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EP0356570A1 (de) * | 1988-09-02 | 1990-03-07 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | Stromspiegel |
| US5519310A (en) * | 1993-09-23 | 1996-05-21 | At&T Global Information Solutions Company | Voltage-to-current converter without series sensing resistor |
| US5847556A (en) * | 1997-12-18 | 1998-12-08 | Lucent Technologies Inc. | Precision current source |
| US6064267A (en) * | 1998-10-05 | 2000-05-16 | Globespan, Inc. | Current mirror utilizing amplifier to match operating voltages of input and output transconductance devices |
| EP0994402A1 (de) * | 1998-10-15 | 2000-04-19 | Lucent Technologies Inc. | Stromspiegelschaltung |
Non-Patent Citations (1)
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| SERRANO T ET AL: "THE ACTIVE-IMPUT REGULATED-CASCODE CURRENT MIRROR", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS I: FUNDAMENTAL THEORY AND APPLICATIONS, IEEE INC. NEW YORK, US, vol. 41, no. 6, 1 June 1994 (1994-06-01), pages 464 - 467, XP000460535, ISSN: 1057-7122 * |
Cited By (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WO2009076304A1 (en) * | 2007-12-12 | 2009-06-18 | Sandisk Corporation | Current mirror device and method |
| US8786359B2 (en) | 2007-12-12 | 2014-07-22 | Sandisk Technologies Inc. | Current mirror device and method |
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| DE10026793A1 (de) | 2002-01-03 |
| ATE511133T1 (de) | 2011-06-15 |
| EP1160642B1 (de) | 2011-05-25 |
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