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A high-side current sense circuit comprises a sense resistance Rsense connected in series with a signal having an associated current to be measured I, which develops voltages V1 and V2 on either side of Rsense. A differential gain stage powered by supply voltages VCC and VEE produces an output voltage which varies with the difference between its input signals. To keep the common mode portion of the input signal between voltages VCC and VEE, a voltage modification circuit subtracts or adds a common mode voltage to or from V1 and V2 to produce modified voltages V1' and V2', which are coupled to the gain stage inputs. The voltage modification circuit is arranged to ensure that VEE<=V1' and V2'<=VCC.
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