An example apparatus includes: a folded cascode circuit including a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a first output terminal, and a second output terminal; a first feedback loop including a third output terminal, the third output terminal coupled to the first output terminal; a second feedback loop including a fourth output terminal, the fourth output terminal coupled to the second output terminal; and a first driver including a first control terminal and a fifth output terminal, the first control terminal coupled to the third output terminal; and a second driver including a second control terminal and a sixth output terminal, the second control terminal coupled to the fourth output terminal, the sixth output terminal coupled to the fifth output terminal.

Devices and methods include voltage buses. The devices also include one or more power amplifiers coupled to the voltage bus. Each of the one or more power amplifiers include one or more transistors. The devices also include a model that is configured to emulate leakage from at least one of the one or more transistors. A current mirror with a first transistor coupled to the model and a second transistor coupled to the voltage bus. The current mirror is configure to draw charge from the voltage bus based at least in part on the emulated leakage from the model.

In an example, a system includes an amplifier configured to produce a bandgap voltage reference. The system also includes a current source configured to provide a current to bias the amplifier. The system includes a switching circuit configured to receive a first current replica signal and a second current replica signal, the switching circuit further configured to cause the current source to provide the current to bias the amplifier based on either the first current replica signal or the second current replica signal.

A circuit portion comprises a load circuit portion and a bias circuit portion. The load circuit portion comprises a load transistor. The bias circuit portion comprises a replica transistor matched to the load transistor and connected to the load transistor at a node such that when a current flows through the replica transistor, a current proportional to the current through the replica transistor flows through the load transistor. The bias circuit portion also comprises a current input for receiving an input current, a supply voltage input for receiving a supply voltage, and a feedback loop arranged to: adjust a voltage at the node connecting the replica transistor and the load transistor such that the replica transistor conducts a current proportional to the input current, and counteract variations in the voltage at the node connecting the replica transistor and the load transistor arising from changes in the supply voltage.

The present disclosure relates to an electronic device comprising a pair of first transistors, each first transistor being coupled to a first node by a conduction terminal, a pair of second transistors, each second transistor being coupled to a second node by a conduction terminal, and a third transistor coupling the first and second nodes, the control terminal of the third transistor being coupled to the output of an operational amplifier, the operational amplifier being coupled, at its input, to the first node and to a node of application of a reference voltage.

A noise filtering circuit including: an amplifier which receives a reference bias through a first input terminal, generates an amplified output voltage and outputs the amplified output voltage through an output terminal, and receives an output voltage generated on the basis of the amplified output voltage through a second input terminal; a resistance component connected between the output terminal of the amplifier and the second input terminal; and a capacitor connected to the resistance component.

Various methods and circuital arrangements for biasing one or more gates of stacked transistors of an amplifier are possible where the amplifier is configured to operate in at least an active mode and a standby mode. Circuital arrangements can reduce bias circuit standby current during operation in the standby mode while allowing a quick recovery to normal operating conditions of the amplifier. Biasing an input transistor of the stacked transistors can be obtained by using a replica stack circuit.

An integrated cinema amplifier comprises a power supply stage that distributes power over a plurality of channels for rendering immersive audio content in a surround sound listening environment. The amplifier automatically detects maximum and net power availability and requirements based on audio content by decoding audio metadata and dynamically adjusts gains to each channel or sets of channels based on content and operational/environmental conditions. A power supply stage provides power to drive a plurality of channels corresponding to speaker feeds to a plurality of speakers. The amplifier has a front panel having an LED array with each LED associated with a respective channel or group of channels of the multi-channel amplifier, and a control unit configured to light the LEDs according to display patterns based on operating status or error conditions of the amplifier.

An amplifier includes an input circuit that amplifies a difference between a first input voltage and a second input voltage to generate a first current and a second current. A positive feedback circuit amplifies a difference between the first current and the second current to generate a third current and a fourth current and outputs a difference between the third current and the fourth current through an output node. A temperature compensation circuit adjusts an amplification factor of the positive feedback circuit in response to a change of temperature.

In an example, a system includes an amplifier configured to produce a bandgap voltage reference. The system also includes a current source configured to provide a current to bias the amplifier. The system includes a switching circuit configured to receive a first current replica signal and a second current replica signal, the switching circuit further configured to cause the current source to provide the current to bias the amplifier based on either the first current replica signal or the second current replica signal.