IP Library Granted Patent US 11,500,408
Granted Patent B2
US 11,500,408 · App. 17/158,379 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Reference voltage circuit

Inventor: Toshiyuki Tanaka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: ABLIC INC.
G05F3/262G05F3/02G05F3/08
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Patent No.
US 11,500,408
App. No.
17/158,379
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a reference voltage circuit including a first MOS transistor to a sixth MOS transistor, a first resistor and a second resistor, a current source circuit, and an output terminal. Five of the transistors form a differential transconductance amplifier, and an input transistor of the differential transconductance amplifier operates in the manner of weak inversion operation.

Claims (28)

1. A reference voltage circuit, comprising:

a first MOS transistor, a second MOS transistor, a third MOS transistor, a fourth MOS transistor, a fifth MOS transistor, and a sixth MOS transistor;

a first resistor and a second resistor;

a current source circuit; and

an output terminal,

wherein the first MOS transistor and the second MOS transistor each have a source terminal to be connected to a first terminal of the current source circuit,

wherein the second resistor has a first terminal to be connected to a drain terminal of the sixth MOS transistor and to the output terminal, and a second terminal to be connected to a gate terminal of the first MOS transistor and to a first terminal of the first resistor,

wherein the first resistor has a second terminal to be connected to a gate terminal of the second MOS transistor and to a drain terminal and a gate terminal of the third MOS transistor,

wherein the third MOS transistor has a source terminal to be connected to a first predetermined potential, and the current source circuit has a second terminal to be connected to the first predetermined potential,

wherein the fourth MOS transistor has a drain terminal and a gate terminal that are to be connected to a drain terminal of the first MOS transistor and to a gate terminal of the fifth MOS transistor, respectively,

wherein the fifth MOS transistor has a drain terminal to be connected to a drain terminal of the second MOS transistor and to a gate terminal of the sixth MOS transistor, and

wherein the fourth MOS transistor, the fifth MOS transistor, and the sixth MOS transistor each have a source terminal to be connected to a second predetermined potential.

2. A reference voltage circuit, comprising:

a first MOS transistor, a second MOS transistor, a third MOS transistor, a fourth MOS transistor, a fifth MOS transistor, and a sixth MOS transistor;

a first resistor and a second resistor;

a current source circuit; and

an output terminal,

wherein the first MOS transistor and the second MOS transistor each have a source terminal to be connected to a first terminal of the current source circuit,

wherein the second resistor has a first terminal to be connected to a drain terminal of the sixth MOS transistor and to the output terminal, and a second terminal to be connected to a gate terminal of the first MOS transistor, to a gate terminal of the third MOS transistor, and to a first terminal of the first resistor,

wherein the first resistor has a second terminal to be connected to a gate terminal of the second MOS transistor and to a drain terminal of the third MOS transistor,

wherein the third MOS transistor has a source terminal to be connected to a first predetermined potential, and the current source circuit has a second terminal to be connected to the first predetermined potential,

wherein the fourth MOS transistor has a drain terminal and a gate terminal that are to be connected to a drain terminal of the first MOS transistor and to a gate terminal of the fifth MOS transistor,

wherein the fifth MOS transistor has a drain terminal to be connected to a drain terminal of the second MOS transistor and to a gate terminal of the sixth MOS transistor, and

wherein the fourth MOS transistor, a fifth MOS transistor, and the sixth MOS transistor each have a source terminal to be connected to a second predetermined potential.

3. The reference voltage circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first MOS transistor and the second MOS transistor each are configured to operate in a weak inversion region.

4. The reference voltage circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the first MOS transistor and the second MOS transistor each are configured to operate in a weak inversion region.

5. The reference voltage circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the current source circuit is a seventh MOS transistor which forms a current mirror circuit together with the third MOS transistor.

6. The reference voltage circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the current source circuit is a seventh MOS transistor which forms a current mirror circuit together with the third MOS transistor.

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 Jan 26, 2021
From: TANAKA, TOSHIYUKI
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 055034/0872 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-019709 · Feb 7, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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