A regulated mirror current source circuit has an output transistor, a
regulator for controlling the output circuit, and a current mirror having
two or more current paths. The first path of the mirror is coupled in
series with a current path of the output circuit, and the second path is
coupled to the regulator, to provide feedback. The feedback can provide
better precision, or reduced component area. The circuit can include
cascode transistors, and the regulator can have integral control. The
output transistor gate-source voltage is overdriven to reduce "on"
resistance of the output transistor. When the output transistor is a high
voltage transistor, its area can be reduced without sacrificing
compliance.