Patent ID: 7019730
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
1. An operational amplifier circuit comprising: a first conductivity type transistor having a gate to which a first differential output is supplied and a source to which a second potential is supplied; a second conductivity type transistor having a gate to which a second differential output is supplied, a source to which a first potential is supplied and a drain which is connected to a drain of the first conductivity type transistor; a first conductivity type differential amplifier circuit which generates the first differential output based on a difference between a given differential input potential and a potential at the drain of the first or second conductivity type transistor; a second conductivity type differential amplifier circuit which generates the second differential output based on the difference between the differential input potential and the potential at the drain of the first or second conductivity type transistor; a first current control circuit which controls a constant current value of the first conductivity type differential amplifier circuit based on the second differential output; and a second current control circuit which controls a constant current value of the second conductivity type differential amplifier circuit based on the first differential output, wherein in the first conductivity type differential amplifier circuit and the second conductivity type differential amplifier circuit, gates of transistors having different performances are respectively supplied with the predetermined differential input potential and the potential at the drain of the first or second conductivity type transistor, wherein the first current control circuit includes a first constant current source and a second conductivity type current transistor connected in parallel to the first constant current source, a gate of the second conductivity type current transistor being supplied with the second differential output, and wherein the second current control circuit includes a second constant current source and a first conductivity type current transistor connected in parallel to the second constant current source, a gate of the first conductivity type current transistor being supplied with the first differential output.