Patent ID: 7230474

Claim:
A current drive circuit of a current mirror type in which gates and sources of a first transistor and a second transistor are connected to each other, the sources of the transistors are grounded, the gates of the transistors are connected to the drain of the first transistor, a reference current is fed to the drain of the first transistor, a target load is connected to the drain of the second transistor, and a drive current proportional to the reference current is fed to the load, comprising: an adjustment circuit which makes a drain potential of the first transistor and a drain potential of the second transistor to approach each other while maintaining a direct connection between the drain of the second transistor and the load; a third transistor connected in series between the drain of the first transistor and the gates of the first and second transistors; and a fourth transistor having a source thereof connected to a gate of the third transistor and a drain thereof grounded, and being fed a constant current, and wherein a gate of the fourth transistor is connected to the drain of the second transistor.