IP Library Granted Patent US 10,571,946
Granted Patent B2
US 10,571,946 · App. 15/928,454 · Granted Feb 25, 2020

Constant voltage output circuit

Inventor: Minoru Sano (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: ABLIC INC.
G05F1/59G05F1/565H03B5/04H03B5/32H03B2200/006
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,571,946
App. No.
15/928,454
Granted
Feb 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a constant voltage output circuit having an output terminal and configured to supply power to a crystal oscillator circuit connected to the output terminal, the constant voltage output circuit, having: a bias current control circuit subjected to negative feedback control by an output voltage which is supplied from the output terminal. As a result, variation in the constant voltage output caused by variation in current from a constant current source is reduced.

Claims (19)

1. A constant voltage output circuit having an output terminal and configured to supply power to a crystal oscillator circuit connected to the output terminal,

the constant voltage output circuit, comprising:

a constant current circuit;

a bias current control circuit subjected to negative feedback control by an output voltage which is supplied from the output terminal; and

a constant voltage circuit,

the bias current control circuit including a first transistor, a second transistor, and a third transistor,

a drain terminal of the first transistor being supplied with a current determined by the constant current circuit, a control terminal of the first transistor being connected to a control terminal of the second transistor and the output terminal of the constant voltage output circuit, and a source terminal of the first transistor being connected to a drain terminal of the second transistor,

a source terminal of the second transistor being connected to a power supply terminal, and

a drain terminal of the third transistor being connected to the constant voltage circuit, a source terminal of the third transistor being connected to the power supply terminal.

2. A constant voltage output circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a switch configured to stop operation of the constant voltage circuit;

a holding circuit configured to hold the output voltage; and

a control signal generation circuit configured to control the switch.

3. A constant voltage output circuit having an output terminal and configured to supply power to a crystal oscillator circuit connected to the output terminal, the constant voltage output circuit, comprising:

a bias current control circuit subjected to negative feedback control by an output voltage which is supplied from the output terminal;

a constant voltage circuit;

a switch configured to stop operation of the constant voltage circuit;

a holding circuit configured to hold the output voltage; and

a control signal generation circuit configured to control the switch.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 8, 2023
From: ABLIC INC.
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 064021/0575 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2018
From: SANO, MINORU
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 045318/0190 →