<@U01819B63HP> , so with the diode , i can have th...
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r
@Stefan Schippers , so with the diode , i can have the maximum current through the M11 ?
s
I don't know the purpose of the circuit. The purpose of a clamp device is to do nothing if voltage is below a certain safe level (so circuit behaves as no clamp device was present), and to discharge any excess voltage.
r
the purpose of the VCLAMP is just to hold the wire voltage to a predetermined values which will be less than VREAD. just so that the current through M10 , flows fully through M11 , but not through the ciruit supplying the VCLAMP
s
This is more like a precharge device, not a clamp device. You want to hold M11 drain to some voltage, This is done by some circuit like shown in picture. M45 us used as a diode to keep VCLAMP to some voltage (i guess below M44 turn on voltage). Any additional current will go into M44.
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