Patent ID: 11863169
Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
Field: Basic communication processes (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A current-mode circuit, comprising:
one or more switch units, each of which comprises a field-effect transistor connected in series with an impedance and is configured to carry a given current, wherein for at least one of the one or more switch units the impedance is a variable impedance; and
an adjustment circuit configured, for the at least one of the one or more switch units, to adjust an impedance of the variable impedance to calibrate a predetermined property the at least one of the one or more switch units which is dependent on the field-effect transistor,
wherein the adjustment circuit is configured to:
for each of the one or more switch units, measure the predetermined property; and
for the at least one of the one or more switch units, adjust the impedance of the variable impedance so as to adjust the measured property to or towards a reference value, and
wherein, for each switch unit:
the given current has a defined value; and
the predetermined property is a potential difference comprising a sum of its gate-source voltage and a potential difference across its series-connected impedance.