| 摘要 |
A switched current source is provided for differentially switching high currents onto different loads at high speed and with a high degree of accuracy. The switched current source includes a differential amplifier, which receives an input current and selectively provides first and second output currents, a voltage amplifier, and a capacitor, which compensates the frequency response of certain feedback amplifiers and stores the potential of a certain node during transients. The differential amplifier includes two transistors each connected to the input current and for providing one of the output currents when activated. The first and second transistors are controlled by first through fourth switches. The first switch and the second switches turn on the first and second transistors, respectively, when closed. The third and the fourth switches pull down the first and second transistors, respectively, when closed. By pulling down the first and second transistors, the circuit increases operation speed and accuracy by preventing them from floating. The first and third switches are always in opposite positions, as are the second and fourth switches, i.e., when the first switch is open, the third switch is closed and vice versa. The current input may come from a current mirror connected to the common source of the first and second transistors.
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