Patent classifications
H03F2200/453
CURRENT-TO-VOLTAGE CONVERTER, AMPLIFIER INPUT STAGE AND CORRESPONDING AMPLIFIER
The current-to-voltage converter includes an input for the current to be converted, an output for the converted voltage, a current-to-voltage conversion resistor arranged between the output and a reference potential, a processing circuit including a transistor, the input being connected to the output via the transistor, a twin circuit including components identical to and disposed in a similar way to those of the processing circuit, a voltage follower connected at the input to the processing circuit and at the output to the twin circuit, and means for reinjecting the current at the output of the follower into the processing circuit.
Method and circuit for PVT stabilization of dynamic amplifiers
A pipelined SAR ADC includes a first stage and passive residue transfer is used to boost a conversion speed. Owing to the passive residue transfer, the first stage may be released during a residue amplification phase, cutting down a large part of the first-stage timing budget. An asynchronous timing scheme may also be adopted in both the first- and second-stage SAR ADCs to maximize the overall conversion speed. Lastly, a dynamic amplifier with proposed PVT stabilization technique may be employed to further save power consumption and improve the conversion speed simultaneously.
Method and system for accurate gain adjustment of a transimpedance amplifier using a dual replica and servo loop
Methods and systems for accurate gain adjustment of a transimpedance amplifier using a dual replica and servo loop is disclosed and may include, in a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) circuit comprising a first TIA, a second TIA, and a third TIA, each comprising a configurable feedback impedance, and a control loop, where the control loop comprises a gain stage with inputs coupled to outputs of the first and second TIAs and an output coupled to the configurable feedback impedance of the second and third TIAs: configuring a gain level of the first TIA by configuring its feedback impedance, configuring a gain level of the third TIA by configuring a reference current applied to an input of the first TIA, and amplifying a received electrical signal to generate an output voltage utilizing the third TIA. The reference current may generate a reference voltage at one of the inputs of the gain stage.
LOAD-ADAPTIVE POWER AMPLIFIER
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide an amplification system. The amplification system generally includes: a first amplifier having an output coupled to an output of the amplification system; a second amplifier, inputs of the first amplifier and the second amplifier being coupled to an input of the amplification system; an impedance coupled to an output of the second amplifier; and a biasing circuit having a first voltage sense input coupled to the output of the first amplifier, a second voltage sense input coupled to the output of the second amplifier, and an output coupled to a bias input of the first amplifier.
Calibrating resistance for data drivers
A data transmitter includes: a plurality of parallel driver slices, a first slice of the plurality of parallel driver slices having a first signal generator circuit with a first transistor coupled to a data signal and in series with a second transistor coupled to a first bias signal; and a first bias circuit including a third transistor and a fourth transistor in series with a first current source, the first bias circuit further including a first operational amplifier (op amp) having a first input coupled to a first reference voltage and a second input coupled between the fourth transistor and the first current source, an output of the first op amp configured to provide the first bias signal to the second transistor and to the third transistor.
RADIO FREQUENCY POWER AMPLIFIER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF LINEARIZING AN OUTPUT SIGNAL THEREOF
The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency power amplifier system (200) comprising a first (114) and a second input port (121). The radio frequency power amplifier system (200) comprises a main amplifier (101) having an input (107) and an output (108) and a first (102) and a second auxiliary amplifier (122) having respective inputs (109, 129) and outputs (110, 128). The radio frequency power amplifier system (200) comprises an internal load (103) connected to the output (110) of the first auxiliary amplifier (102), a feedback network (104) having an input end (111) connected to the output (110) of the first auxiliary amplifier (102) and an output end (112) connected to the input (109) of the first auxiliary amplifier (102). The radio frequency power amplifier system (200) also comprises a feedforward amplifier (123) having an input (124) and an output (130). The inputs (107, 129, 109) of the main amplifier and the auxiliary amplifiers are interconnected with the first input port (114) at a common input node (113), the output (128) of the second auxiliary amplifier (122) and the second input port (121) are interconnected with the input (124) of the feedforward amplifier (123) at a common node (127) and the outputs (130,108) of the feedforward amplifier (123) and the main amplifier (101) are interconnected at a common output node (125). The main amplifier (101) is a replica of the first auxiliary amplifier (102) with an increased gain and the second auxiliary amplifier (122) is a replica of the first auxiliary amplifier (102).
SENSING CIRCUIT AND SOURCE DRIVER INCLUDING THE SAME
The present disclosure discloses a sensing circuit and a source driver including the same, capable of decreasing influence on the performance of an integrator according to a panel load and reducing a chip area by excluding a feedback capacitor of the integrator. The sensing circuit may convert an input current, received from a display panel, into an output current having linearity and an amount of current smaller than the input current.
Control of input bias current modulation in amplifiers
Examples of amplifiers use current-replication transistors and a separation circuit coupled to such transistors to separate error current components from other current components in a pre-driver of an amplifier. In response to driving the current-replication transistors with the separated error current components, replica base current components that approximate error-modulation components of the pre-driver base currents are generated. Replica-current subtraction circuitry coupled to the current-replication transistors then subtract the replica base current components from the pre-driver base currents, affecting cancellation of the error-modulation components of the pre-driver base currents.
CLASS AB MONTICELLI OUTPUT STAGE DESIGN WITH BIAS TEMPERATURE INSTABILITY TOLERANCE
In an example, a system includes an amplifier having an output stage configured to provide an output voltage, where the output stage includes a p-channel transistor and an n-channel transistor. The system includes a sense transistor having a gate coupled to a gate of the p-channel transistor, where the sense transistor is configured to sense a current of the p-channel transistor and produce a sense current. The system includes a current mirror coupled to the sense transistor and configured to provide the sense current to a gate of a control transistor, the control transistor having a source coupled to the gate of the p-channel transistor. The system includes a reference current source coupled to the control transistor and configured to provide a reference current. The control transistor is configured to adjust a gate current provided to the p-channel transistor based on comparing the sense current to the reference current.
OPTO-ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLIES
An assembly of electronic components for reception of data using an optical fibre wherein said assembly comprises: a photodiode; a first amplifier coupled to said photodiode; a second amplifier, whose electrical behaviour is substantially identical to an electrical behaviour of said first amplifier; an impedance network comprising at least two electronic components coupled between an input of said second amplifier and a reference terminal, wherein those at least two electronic components comprise at least two impedance elements, one impedance element being capacitive and another being resistive or inductive, and wherein said at least two electronic components are adjustable under electronic control to adjust the impedance presented by said impedance network; and circuitry for creating a signal formed from a subtraction of outputs of the first and second amplifiers.