To provide a peak hold circuit in which a stable long discharging time can be set without affected by the input impedance of a circuit connected to an output.
This peak hold circuit is provided with a transistor Q1 the base of which an input signal voltage is applied to, a transistor Q2 the base of which an output voltage is inputted to, a current source 1 connected to the emitters of Q1 and Q2 in common, a first current mirror circuit consisting of transistors Q3 and Q4 connected to the collector of Q1, a second current mirror circuit composed of transistors Q5 and Q6 connected to the collector of Q2, a capacitor CPH the one terminal of which is connected to the collector of Q4 and the other terminal of which is grounded, a transistor Q7 whose base is connected to one terminal of the CPH, a current source 2 for feeding a bias current of Q7, a transistor Q8 to the base of which the emitter of Q7 is connected and to the emitter of which an output voltage is connected, and a current source 3 for feeding a bias current to Q8.