Abstract: An integrated circuit voltage chop circuit for regulating the current in an inductive load is of the type having a fixed off time. A current-sensing comparator produces a reset signal when the current through the driver exceeds a predetermined peak amplitude. A load driver transistor is turned on and off according to the state of a bistable memory elememt, e.g. a flip flop. An external capacitor and external series resistor are connected to the integrated circuit and they determine the driver off time. A voltage comparator having hysteresis produces a high output logic level when the capacitor charges to a predetermined voltage which sets the flip flop and begins to slowly discharge the capacitor. When the capacitor discharges to a lower predetermined voltage, the voltage comparator output goes to a low logic level turning on a shorting transistor that quickly discharges the capacitor completely.