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.

An offset-cancellation circuit having a first amplification stage with a gain of the first amplification stage and configured to receive an offset voltage of a first amplifier. A storage element is configured to be coupled to and decoupled from the first amplification stage and configured to store a potential difference output by the first amplification stage. The potential difference is determined by the offset voltage of the first amplifier and the gain of the first amplification stage. A second amplification stage is coupled to the storage element and configured to receive the potential difference from the storage element when the storage element is decoupled from the first amplification stage and configured to deliver an offset-cancellation current. The offset-cancellation current is determined by the potential difference and a gain of the second amplification stage.

An analog-to-digital converter circuit includes: a first operation amplifier suitable for comparing a ramp voltage and a voltage to be converted so as to produce an amplification result and outputting the amplification result; a second operation amplifier suitable for comparing the amplification result transferred to a first input terminal with a reference voltage transferred to a second input terminal so as to produce a comparison result and outputting the comparison result; a leakage current measurer suitable for measuring a leakage current to the first input terminal; and a leakage current generator suitable for causing a current of the same amount as that of the leakage current measured by the leakage current measurer to flow to the second input terminal.

An offset-cancellation circuit having a first amplification stage with a gain of the first amplification stage and configured to receive an offset voltage of a first amplifier. A storage element is configured to be coupled to and decoupled from the first amplification stage and configured to store a potential difference output by the first amplification stage. The potential difference is determined by the offset voltage of the first amplifier and the gain of the first amplification stage. A second amplification stage is coupled to the storage element and configured to receive the potential difference from the storage element when the storage element is decoupled from the first amplification stage and configured to deliver an offset-cancellation current. The offset-cancellation current is determined by the potential difference and a gain of the second amplification stage.

Enhanced operational amplifier trim circuitry and techniques are presented herein. In one implementation, a circuit includes a reference circuit configured to produce a set of reference voltages, and a digital-to-analog conversion (DAC) circuit. The DAC circuit comprises a plurality of transistor pairs, where each pair among the plurality of transistor pairs is configured to provide portions of adjustment currents for an operational amplifier based at least on the set of reference voltages and sizing among transistors of each pair. The circuit also includes drain switching elements coupled to drain terminals of the transistors of each pair and configured to selectively couple one or more of the portions of the adjustment currents to the operational amplifier in accordance with digital trim codes.

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.

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.

A voltage regulator and a power supply are provided. The voltage regulator includes an operational amplifier and an offset voltage control module. The offset voltage control module includes one or more stages of regulation branches connected in parallel, and controls an offset voltage of the operational amplifier with the one or more stages of regulation branches to regulate the output voltage. The offset voltage control module also includes a bandgap reference generation circuit, configured to generate a reference voltage irrelevant to a temperature coefficient that is received by the operational amplifier from the input terminal, wherein the bandgap reference generation circuit comprises at least one of: a V.sub.GS-based bandgap reference generation circuit having a full CMOS reference offset structure, a PTAT unit-based and V.sub.GS-based bandgap reference generation circuit having a full CMOS reference offset structure, and a PTAT unit-based and BJT-based bandgap reference generation circuit having a complementary structure.

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.

An operational amplifier includes: a first amplifier stage, configured to generate first output voltages according to first input voltages; a second amplifier stage, configured to generate second output voltages according to the first output voltages; a second output stage circuit, configured to replicate an equivalent or a scaled-down version of the first output stage circuit; a first common-mode feedback circuit, configured to keep an output common-mode voltage of the second output stage circuit at a predetermined value; a logic loop circuit configured to, when the operational amplifier operates in a direct current calibration phase, adjust a difference between the first output voltages; a bias circuit, configured to generate a voltage close to a common-mode voltage of the first output voltages produced after the operational amplifier is turned on, the voltage serving as a reference voltage of a second common-mode feedback circuit.