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Old 9th Jul 2020, 10:23 am   #41
dave cox
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Default Re: High voltage regulator circuit.

Andy,
Q5/6 is a long tailed pair (LTP). Q3/4 a current mirror with Q2 a 'current through-er' (cascode)

Effectively, the current source I1 is a collector load for half the LTP. The mirror / cascode are really only there to steer the control current to the right place and avoid issues with the poor performance of high voltage transistors!

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