An integrated voltage controlled current source device is provided, that
extends the high accuracy, low drift output current over a large current
range, and provides more headroom and better power efficiency than the
standard shunt resistor and INA (instrumentation amplifier) current
source arrangement. The device has a control voltage input, a load
current output and a current set terminal for a connection of a current
set resistor. It contains a selected leg biasing set voltage,
corresponding to a control voltage applied to the control voltage input
of a regulating driver amplifier providing a regulated voltage to be
applied across the current set resistor, thereby causing a reference
current to flow through the current set resistor and selected leg(s) of a
current mirror. Furthermore, the device contains a dynamically matched
current mirror that mirrors the reference current to the load output
current. The algorithm for selecting the current mirror legs may be a
pseudo-random or a defined pattern.