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Conversely, a current source provides a constant current, as long as the impedance of the load is sufficiently lower than the current source's parallel impedance (which is preferably very high and ideally infinite). In the case of transistor current sources, impedances of a few megohms (at low frequencies) are typical. Because power is current ...
A constant current source circuit constructed with LM317. The device can be configured to regulate the current to a load, rather than the voltage, by replacing the low-side resistor of the divider with the load itself. The output current is that resulting from dropping the reference voltage across the resistor. Ideally, this is:
English: Schematic of a 1A current regulator using LM317 adjustable voltage regulator. The open-circuit voltage assumes the output stage of the LM317 saturates at approximately 0.2 V and the adjust pin sinks enough current so that the voltage drop across the 1.25 ohm resistor is 1.25 V, which corresponds to the approximate temperature-compensated bandgap of silicon.
Whatever current flows into Y also flows into X, and is mirrored at Z with a high output impedance, as a variable constant current source. In sub-type CCI+, current into Y produces current into Z; in a CCI-, current into Y results in an equivalent current flowing out of Z. [2]
A Wilson current mirror is a three-terminal circuit (Fig. 1) that accepts an input current at the input terminal and provides a "mirrored" current source or sink output at the output terminal. The mirrored current is a precise copy of the input current.
In electronics, a constant current system is one that varies the voltage across a load to maintain a constant electric current.When a component is indicated to be driven by a constant current, the driver circuit is, in essence, a current regulator and must appear to the component as a current source of suitable reliability.
A Widlar current source is a modification of ... The variable I B2 is the base current of the ... the circuit should be driven by a constant current source rather ...
Non-ideal voltage source model (left) and non-ideal current source model (right) A generator in electrical circuit theory is one of two ideal elements: an ideal voltage source, or an ideal current source. [1] These are two of the fundamental elements in circuit theory. Real electrical generators are most commonly modelled as a non-ideal source ...