Voltage/current conversion circuit
View Patent ↗Provided is voltage/current conversion circuit including: first and second capacitors; first and second resistors each connected to input terminal; first and second current sources; third and fourth resistors connected to current sources; differential amplifier for controlling the current sources; control unit for performing control, in first state, the input terminal is connected to the first and second capacitors; one input of the differential amplifier is connected to the first resistor and output of the first current source; the other input of the differential amplifier is connected to the second resistor and output of the second current source, and in second state, the second capacitor is connected between the output of the first current source and the one input of the differential amplifier, the first capacitor is connected between the output of the second current source and the other input of the differential amplifier.
1. A voltage/current conversion circuit which outputs a differential output current signal corresponding to a potential difference between differential input signals respectively input to a first input terminal and a second input terminal, the voltage/current conversion circuit comprising:
a first capacitor and a second capacitor;
a first resistor having one terminal connected to the first input terminal;
a second resistor having one terminal connected to the second input terminal;
a first current source that outputs a current in response to a first control signal;
a second current source that outputs a current in response to a second control signal;
a first output terminal and a second output terminal that output currents respectively corresponding to the currents output from the first current source and the second current source;
a third resistor connected to an output of the first current source;
a fourth resistor connected to an output of the second current source;
a differential amplifier that outputs the first control signal and the second control signal for respectively controlling the currents output from the first current source and the second current source in accordance with a potential different between one input and the other input; and
a control unit that performs a control such that:
in a first state, the first input terminal is connected to one terminal of the first capacitor; the second input terminal is connected to one terminal of the second capacitor; one input of the differential amplifier is connected to the other input terminal of the first resistor; the other input of the differential amplifier is connected to the other terminal of the second resistor; the output of the first current source is connected to the other input of the differential amplifier; and the output of the second current source is connected to the one input of the differential amplifier, and
in a second state, the first capacitor is connected between the output of the first current source and the other input of the differential amplifier, and the second capacitor is connected between the output of the second current source and the one input of the differential amplifier.
2. The voltage/current conversion circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising a constant voltage supply terminal for supplying a predetermined voltage, wherein
in the first state, the one terminal of the first capacitor is connected to the first input terminal; the one terminal of the second capacitor is connected to the second input terminal; and the other terminal of each of the first capacitor and the second capacitor is connected to the constant voltage supply terminal, and
in the second state, the other terminal of the first capacitor is connected to the other input of the differential amplifier; the one terminal of the first capacitor is connected to the output of the first current source; the other terminal of the second capacitor is connected to the one input of the differential amplifier; and the one terminal of the second capacitor is connected to the output of the second current source.
3. The voltage/current conversion circuit according to claim 2 , wherein a voltage supplied from the constant voltage supply terminal corresponds to a midpoint potential between the differential input signals respectively input to the first input terminal and the second input terminal.
4. The voltage/current conversion circuit according to claim 2 , wherein, in the second state, the first resistor is connected between the first input terminal and the constant voltage supply terminal, and the second resistor is connected between the second input terminal and the constant voltage supply terminal.
5. The voltage/current conversion circuit according to claim 1 , wherein
the first current source comprises a first transistor,
the second current source comprises a second transistor,
the first transistor is connected between a power supply voltage terminal and the third resistor, and has a control terminal that receives the first control signal, and
the second transistor is connected between the power supply voltage terminal and the fourth resistor, and has a control terminal that receives the second control signal.
6. The voltage/current conversion circuit according to claim 5 , further comprising a third transistor current-mirror connected to the first transistor, and a fourth transistor current-mirror connected to the second transistor, wherein
the third transistor current-mirror is connected between the power supply voltage terminal and the first output terminal, and has a control terminal that receives the first control signal, and
the fourth transistor current-mirror is connected between the power supply voltage terminal and the second output terminal, and has a control terminal that receives the second control signal.
7. The voltage/current conversion circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first to fourth resistors have the same resistance value.
8. The voltage/current conversion circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising a fifth resistor and a sixth resistor, wherein
the first current source comprises a first transistor and a fifth transistor,
the second current source comprises a second transistor and a sixth transistor,
the first transistor is connected between the power supply voltage terminal and the third resistor, and has a control terminal that receives the first control signal,
the second transistor is connected between the power supply voltage terminal and the fourth resistor, and has a control terminal that receives the second control signal,
the fifth transistor is connected between the power supply voltage terminal and the fifth resistor, and has a control terminal that receives the first control signal, and
the sixth transistor is connected between the power supply voltage terminal and the sixth resistor, and has a control terminal that receives the second control signal.
9. The voltage/current conversion circuit according to claim 8 , wherein
in the first state, a connection node between the first transistor and the third resistor is connected to the other input of the differential amplifier, and a connection node between the second transistor and the fourth resistor is connected to the one input of the differential amplifier, and
in the second state, the first capacitor is connected between a connection node between the fifth transistor and the fifth resistor and the other input of the differential amplifier, and the second capacitor is connected between a connection node between the sixth transistor and the sixth resistor and the one input of the differential amplifier.
10. The voltage/current conversion circuit according to claim 8 , further comprising a third transistor current-mirror connected to the first transistor and the fifth transistor, and a fourth transistor current-mirror connected to the second transistor and the sixth transistor, wherein
the third transistor current-mirror is connected between the power supply voltage terminal and the first output terminal, and has a control terminal that receives the first control signal, and
the fourth transistor current-mirror is connected between the power supply voltage terminal and the second output terminal, and has a control terminal that receives the second control signal.
11. The voltage/current conversion circuit according to claim 8 , wherein the first to sixth resistors have the same resistance value.
12. The voltage/current conversion circuit according to claim 1 , wherein
the first state indicates a sampling mode, and
the second state indicates a hold mode.