H03F2203/45082

Differential amplifier with complementary unit structure
10374554 · 2019-08-06 · ·

Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a differential amplifier implemented using a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) structure. The differential amplifier generally includes a first pair of transistors and a second pair of transistors coupled to the first pair of transistors. The gates of the first pair of transistors and gates of the second pair of transistors may be coupled to respective differential input nodes of the differential amplifier, and drains of the first pair of transistors and drains of the second pair of transistors may be coupled to respective differential output nodes of the differential amplifier. In certain aspects, the differential amplifier may include a biasing transistor having a drain coupled to a source of a transistor of the first pair of transistors and having a gate coupled to a common-mode feedback (CMFB) path of the differential amplifier.

DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER WITH COMPLEMENTARY UNIT STRUCTURE
20190199290 · 2019-06-27 ·

Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a differential amplifier implemented using a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) structure. The differential amplifier generally includes a first pair of transistors and a second pair of transistors coupled to the first pair of transistors. The gates of the first pair of transistors and gates of the second pair of transistors may be coupled to respective differential input nodes of the differential amplifier, and drains of the first pair of transistors and drains of the second pair of transistors may be coupled to respective differential output nodes of the differential amplifier. In certain aspects, the differential amplifier may include a biasing transistor having a drain coupled to a source of a transistor of the first pair of transistors and having a gate coupled to a common-mode feedback (CMFB) path of the differential amplifier.

MAGNETIC OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER
20190181818 · 2019-06-13 ·

A magnetic operational amplifier having a differential stage includes a first magnetic field effect transistor MAGFET and a differential signal conditioner, the differential signal conditioner including a load stage, a differential input pair connected to the load stage and a biasing current source connected to the differential input pair; the magnetic field effect transistor MAGFET being connected to the load stage as a second differential input pair and the differential signal conditioner including a second biasing current source connected to the magnetic field effect transistor MAGFET.

AMPLIFIER ARRANGEMENT AND SWITCHED CAPACITOR INTEGRATOR
20190006998 · 2019-01-03 ·

An amplifier arrangement has a first differential stage with a first transistor pair, a second differential stage with a first and a second transistor pair, each pair having a common source connection. The amplifier arrangement further has a first complementary differential stage with a transistor pair having opposite conductivity type, and a second complementary differential stage with a first and a second transistor pair of the complementary conductivity type. The first and the second complementary differential stage are connected symmetrically compared to the first and the second differential stage. The transistors of the second differential stage and the second complementary differential stage are symmetrically connected to form respective first, second, third and fourth current paths. A pair of output terminals is coupled to the first and the fourth current path. Gate terminals of the transistors are coupled to a respective pair of input terminals.

Differential amplifier with common-mode biasing technique
10164591 · 2018-12-25 · ·

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for amplifying signals with an amplification circuit and improving a common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR) thereof. The amplification circuit generally includes a differential amplifier comprising a first pair of transistors and a second pair of transistors coupled to the first pair of transistors, where the gates of the first pair of transistors are coupled to respective differential input nodes. The amplification circuit also includes an auxiliary amplifier comprising a third pair of transistors corresponding to the first pair of transistors and a fourth pair of transistors corresponding to the second pair of transistors, where drains of the third and fourth pairs of transistors are coupled together and to gates of the second pair of transistors and where gates of the fourth pair of transistors are coupled together.

Low voltage high speed CMOS line driver without tail current source

The present invention is directed to electrical circuits and techniques thereof. More specifically, an embodiment of the present invention provides a line driver with transistors directly coupled to the ground, and a bias voltage is coupled common mode resistors of the line driver. There are other embodiments as well.

Operational amplifier based circuit with compensation circuit block used for stability compensation
09979350 · 2018-05-22 · ·

An operational amplifier based circuit has an operational amplifier, a feedback circuit, and a compensation circuit block. The feedback circuit is coupled between an output port and an input port of the operational amplifier. The compensation circuit block has circuits involved in stability compensation of the operational amplifier, wherein there is no stability compensation circuit driven at the output port of the operational amplifier.

Amplifying circuit

An amplifying circuit includes a reference voltage generating circuit, a common-mode voltage conversion circuit, a common-mode negative feedback circuit, and an amplifying sub-circuit. The reference voltage generating circuit generates a first reference voltage, a second reference voltage, and a reference common-mode voltage according to a post-stage common-mode voltage. The common-mode voltage conversion circuit converts the pre-stage output differential signal into a differential input signal according to the reference common-mode voltage. The common-mode negative feedback circuit generates a control voltage to quickly establish a common-mode negative feedback of the amplifying sub-circuit, wherein the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage are used to cancel a baseline signal of the pre-stage output differential signal. The amplifying circuit can eliminate the baseline signal, convert the common-mode voltage and quickly establish the common-mode negative feedback.

LOW VOLTAGE HIGH SPEED CMOS LINE DRIVER WITHOUT TAIL CURRENT SOURCE
20180069514 · 2018-03-08 ·

The present invention is directed to electrical circuits and techniques thereof. More specifically, an embodiment of the present invention provides a line driver with transistors directly coupled to the ground, and a bias voltage is coupled common mode resistors of the line driver. There are other embodiments as well.

Current amplifier and transmitter using the same
09716499 · 2017-07-25 · ·

A current amplifier and a transmitter using the same. The current amplifier has a first and second transistor and a voltage level shifting unit. The first transistor has a gate receiving an input current and a drain receiving a driving current. The voltage level shifting unit providing a voltage shift is coupled between the drain of the first transistor and the gate of the second transistor. An output current is generated at the drain of the second transistor.