IP Library Granted Patent US 11,042,177
Granted Patent B2
US 11,042,177 · App. 16/903,032 · Granted Jun 22, 2021

Voltage-current conversion circuit and charge-discharge control device

Inventors: Yusuke Kanazawa (Tokyo, JP); Yoichi Suto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: ABLIC INC.
G05F1/561G05F1/52G05F3/227G05F3/262H02M3/156
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Patent No.
US 11,042,177
App. No.
16/903,032
Granted
Jun 22, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A voltage-current conversion circuit includes a voltage-current conversion resistor connected to an input terminal, and a current mirror circuit which mirrors a current supplied from the voltage-current conversion resistor, wherein the current mirror circuit is constructed to include a depletion-type transistor whose source voltage is biased to be higher than the substrate voltage.

Claims (11)

1. A voltage-current conversion circuit configured to covert a voltage at an input terminal to a current and output the current from an output terminal, comprising:

a voltage-current conversion resistor connected to the input terminal; and

a current mirror circuit which mirrors a current supplied from the voltage-current conversion resistor,

the current mirror circuit comprising a depletion-type transistor, a source voltage of which is biased higher than a substrate voltage of the depletion-type transistor.

2. The voltage-current conversion circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the depletion-type transistor is so constructed that a substrate is grounded and that a source is grounded through a resistor.

3. The voltage-current conversion circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the depletion-type transistor is so constructed that a substrate is grounded and that a source is grounded through a current source.

4. A charge-discharge control device, comprising:

a failure diagnosis circuit configured to include the voltage-current conversion circuit according to claim 1 , and a current-voltage conversion circuit which converts the current of the voltage-current conversion circuit to a voltage based on a ground terminal.

5. The charge-discharge control device according to claim 4 , wherein the current-voltage conversion circuit comprises:

a current-voltage conversion resistor which converts the current of the voltage-current conversion circuit to an output voltage; and

a depletion-type transistor provided between the current-voltage conversion resistor and the ground terminal, a source voltage of which is biased higher than a substrate voltage of the depletion-type transistor of the current-voltage conversion circuit.

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 Jun 17, 2020
From: KANAZAWA, YUSUKE; SUTO, YOICHI
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 052960/0538 →