Current source for generating a constant reference current having an
amplifier circuit, which outputs a negative feedback voltage, present
across a first resistor, in inverted amplified fashion as amplification
output voltage; a first voltage/current converter, which generates a
current in a manner dependent on the amplifier output voltage; a first
current mirror circuit, which mirrors the current generated by the
voltage/current converter to form a mirrored current which flows through
the first resistor in order to generate the negative feedback voltage;
and having a second current mirror circuit, which mirrors the current
generated by the voltage/current converter to form the reference current.