Patent ID: 7071672

Claim:
Method for generating an output voltage (UA), with at least one current source (IQ) or at least one current sink, which respectively comprise a control input (ISB 1 ), a current input (E) and a current output (A), and a voltage-limiting element (VC), characterized in that by means of an initializing signal applied to the control input (ISB 1 ), the current output (A) of the current source (IQ) or the current input of the current sink is transferred from a first current-less state into a second current-conducting state, and in the second state, the voltage-limiting element (VC) is provided with a current (I 1 ) by means of the current output (A) of the current source (IQ) or by means of the current input of the current sink, and an output voltage (UA) is tapped at an output (AS) of the voltage-limiting element (VC).