An integrated circuit (IC) includes first, second, third, and fourth transistors, first and second current source devices, and a trim circuit. The first transistor has a first control input and a first current terminal. The second transistor has a second control input and a second current terminal. The third transistor had a third control input and third and fourth current terminals. The fourth transistor has a fourth control input and fifth and sixth current terminals. The first current source is coupled between a first power supply node and the third current terminal. The second current source is coupled between the first supply node and the fifth current terminal. The trim circuit is coupled between the fourth current terminal and a second power supply node, and is coupled between the sixth current terminal and the second power supply node. The trim circuit includes a resistive digital-to-analog converter (RDAC) circuit.

In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for power supply rejection for an amplifier may include generating a correction signal by multiplying a quantity indicative of a power supply voltage of the amplifier by a transfer function defining a response from the power supply voltage of the amplifier to an output signal of the amplifier and subtracting the correction signal from a signal within a signal path of a circuit comprising the amplifier.

A differential amplifier circuit includes a first input transistor that receives a signal supplied from the first input terminal via a gate thereof, a second input transistor that receives a signal supplied from the second input terminal via a gate thereof, and an offset voltage adjustment circuit that is connected to at least one between the first input terminal and the gate of the first input transistor and between the second input terminal and the gate of the second input transistor.

A differential amplifier includes: first and second input nodes; first and second output nodes; first and second supply nodes; first and second offset compensation nodes; first and second amplifier staged configured to generate first and second output voltages at the first and second output nodes as a function of first and second input voltages of the first and second input nodes and first and second offset compensation voltages of the first and second offset compensation nodes; and a feedback circuit configured to generate the first and second offset compensation voltages as a function of the first and the second output voltages. The feedback circuit includes: a coupling circuit coupled between the first and second offset compensation nodes, wherein the coupling circuit comprises one or more passive electric components.

A resistor in a pair of resistors is selectively coupled to a current source through a selection switch during the reset phase of a voltage-mode sense amplifier so that one evaluation node for the voltage-mode sense amplifier is discharged from a power supply voltage by an ohmic voltage drop across the selectively-coupled resistor to null an offset for the voltage-mode sense amplifier.

A resistor in a pair of resistors is selectively coupled to a current source through a selection switch during the reset phase of a voltage-mode sense amplifier so that one evaluation node for the voltage-mode sense amplifier is discharged from a power supply voltage by an ohmic voltage drop across the selectively-coupled resistor to null an offset for the voltage-mode sense amplifier.

An amplifier comprising a differential amplifier configured to be provide a comparator function, and a gain trimming circuit is electrically configured to provide gain trimming using a T-network comprising a varistor element. In addition, a method of trimming the gain of a differential amplifier, comprising the steps of a first step, (a) providing the differential amplifier comprising resistors in both of its paths, a second step, (b) providing a varistor in a T-network between both said paths; and lastly, a third step, (c) trimming the gain of the differential amplifier by adjusting the varistor's resistance.

In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for power supply rejection for an amplifier may include generating a correction signal by multiplying a quantity indicative of a power supply voltage of the amplifier by a transfer function defining a response from the power supply voltage of the amplifier to an output signal of the amplifier and subtracting the correction signal from a signal within a signal path of a circuit comprising the amplifier.

In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for power supply rejection for an amplifier may include generating a correction signal by multiplying a quantity indicative of a power supply voltage of the amplifier by a transfer function defining a response from the power supply voltage of the amplifier to an output signal of the amplifier and subtracting the correction signal from a signal within a signal path of a circuit comprising the amplifier.

An amplifier comprising a differential amplifier configured to be provide a comparator function, and a gain trimming circuit is electrically configured to provide gain trimming using a T-network comprising a varistor element. In addition, a method of trimming the gain of a differential amplifier, comprising the steps of a first step, (a) providing the differential amplifier comprising resistors in both of its paths, a second step, (b) providing a varistor in a T-network between both said paths; and lastly, a third step, (c) trimming the gain of the differential amplifier by adjusting the varistor's resistance.