Biasing and driving circuit, based on a feedback voltage regulator, for an electric load
AssigneeSTMicroelectronics S.r.l.
InventorsFulvio Ottavio Lissoni, Domenico Attianese, Stefano Signoria
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AssigneeSTMicroelectronics S.r.l.
InventorsFulvio Ottavio Lissoni, Domenico Attianese, Stefano Signoria
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A biasing and driving circuit for an electric load, having an input adapted to receive an a.c. input voltage and an output adapted to supply a d.c. output voltage, comprising: a voltage-regulator device, having a feedback input terminal configured to receive a sensing voltage that is a function of a supply current that flows through the electric load and regulating, on the basis of the sensing voltage received, the supply current; a resistive sensing element, operatively coupled to the feedback input, configured to receive the supply current and generate the sensing voltage as a function of the supply current; a resistor coupled to the feedback input; and an auxiliary biasing circuit adapted to receive the a.c. input voltage and inject through the resistor an a.c. auxiliary biasing current that varies in a way inversely proportional to the input voltage.
A biasing and driving circuit for an electric load, having input terminals configured to receive an input voltage and output terminals configured to supply an output voltage to said electric load, comprising:
An electronic system, comprising:
A method of controlling a feedback voltage regulator circuit, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.