Bias current generation circuit
AssigneeRealtek Semiconductor Corp.
InventorsChun-Ta Ho, Chun-I Kuo, Shawn Min
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AssigneeRealtek Semiconductor Corp.
InventorsChun-Ta Ho, Chun-I Kuo, Shawn Min
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The present invention discloses a bias current generation circuit. An operation amplifier compares an input voltage having a zero-temperature coefficient and a feedback voltage to generate a driving voltage. An output transistor generates a bias current according to the driving voltage. A variable resistive circuit is electrically coupled to the output transistor through a feedback node to generate the feedback voltage according to the bias current and includes series-coupled resistors and switch transistors. Each of the resistors has a resistance having a positive temperature coefficient and includes a current input terminal and a current output terminal. Each of the switch transistors is electrically coupled between the current output terminal of one of the resistors and a ground terminal. One of the switch transistors turns on according to a control voltage variable according to the temperature variation to enable resistors to generate the resistance having a negative temperature coefficient.
A circuit, comprising:
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