The disclosure relates to an alternating current (AC) coupling circuit including first and second capacitors having first and second input terminals configured to receive an input differential signal and generate an output differential signal at first and second output terminals of the first and second capacitors. The AC coupling circuit further includes a baseline wander correction circuit configured to make the output differential signal resistant to baseline wander due to the input differential signal including one or more time intervals of unbalanced data. The baseline wander correction circuit includes a differential difference amplifier (DDA) having a first differential input configured to receive the input differential signal, a differential output configured to generate a compensation differential signal, and a second differential input configured to receive the compensation differential signal. The compensation differential signal is applied to the output terminals of the first and second capacitors via a pair of resistors, respectively.

An embodiment voltage-current converter circuit comprises a first amplifier and a second amplifier having homologous first input nodes configured to receive a voltage signal therebetween as well as homologous second input nodes having a resistor coupled therebetween. First and second current mirror circuits are provided comprising first input transistors having their control terminal coupled to the output nodes of the amplifiers. First and second current sensing circuitry having first and second current output nodes are coupled to the current mirror output nodes of the current mirror circuits and configured to provide therebetween a current which is a function of the voltage signal between the homologous first input nodes of the amplifier.

A differential input amplification-stage circuit comprises a voltage unit, first and second bulk-driven transistors, first and second mirror current sources, and a differential amplifier unit. The first and the second bulk-driven transistors respectively receive first and second input voltages, and converts the first and the second input voltages into first and second output currents. The differential amplifier unit separately outputs first and second adjustment currents under an action of voltages output by the first to the third voltage output ends. The first and the second mirror current sources respectively output first and second predetermined currents according to the first output current and the first adjustment current, and the second output current and the second adjustment current, so as to maintain transconductance constancy of the differential input amplification-stage circuit. Therefore, output stability is improved.

An amplifier circuit includes a main amplifier and an auxiliary circuit that improves a slew rate of the main amplifier. The main amplifier is composed of a one-stage CMOS amplifier, amplifies a voltage difference between two input signals, and outputs, from output terminals, an output signal corresponding to the voltage difference of the input signals. The auxiliary circuit controls an auxiliary bias current flowing through the output terminals according to the voltage difference of the input signals, and interrupts the auxiliary bias current at a predetermined timing before completion of settling. Such a scheme enables improvement of a slew rate by the auxiliary circuit and high-speed operation as well as reduction of error due to mismatch between the main amplifier and the auxiliary circuit, thereby yielding high-accuracy output signal output therefrom.

The disclosure relates to a driver amplifier circuit. The driver amplifier circuit includes a non-linear differential amplifier and a non-linear resistor connected across output terminals of the differential amplifier. The non-linear resistor has a resistance value that increases as the differential voltage amplitude across the non-linear resistor increases. A transmitter may include the driver amplifier.

An amplifier circuit comprises a first unit circuit and a second unit circuit. The first unit circuit may include a first current mirror circuit that includes a first active inductor including a P-channel transistor, and a first input circuit configured to generate a first differential current and a second differential current based on a pair of differential input signals. The second unit circuit may include a second current mirror circuit that includes a second active inductor including a P-channel transistor, and a second input circuit configured to generate a third differential current and a fourth differential current based on the pair of differential input signals.

An operational amplifier includes a single-stage amplifier and a current controller. The single-stage amplifier receives an input signal, and amplifies the input signal to generate an output signal, wherein the single-stage amplifier includes a voltage controlled current source circuit that operates in response to a bias voltage input. The current controller receives the input signal, and generates the bias voltage input according to the input signal.

The amplifier includes an input circuit configured to convert an input signal into a current; an output circuit comprising at least one switching element for reducing a voltage change of an output end of the input circuit and configured to provide an output signal; and a biasing circuit connected to the at least one switching element to form a feedback loop for reducing the voltage change of the output end of the input circuit.

An amplifier circuit includes a circuit path of serially connected complementary type transistors. First and second feedback loops include a loop amplifier, the transistors of the circuit path and a corresponding resistor.

A fully differential rail-to-rail-output amplifier includes a differential input inverter pair, folded cascode pair, class AB control pair, and class AB output rail-to-rail pair. A drain associated with the folded cascode pair is operatively coupled to the class AB control pair, and the drain associated with the folded cascode pair is unconnected to the current source associated with the class AB control pair. A method of providing fully differential rail-to-rail-output amplification includes coupling a folded cascode pair operatively to a differential input inverter pair, coupling a drain associated with the folded cascode pair operatively to a class AB control pair, and coupling a class AB output rail-to-rail pair operatively to the class AB control pair.