An optical reception device includes: a light receiving element; an amplifier which receives and amplifies a current based on an input current from the light receiving element; a direct-current adjustment circuit which removes an offset current included in the input current; an alternating-current adjustment circuit which causes a part of the input current to flow therein; and a controller which controls the direct-current adjustment circuit and the alternating-current adjustment circuit. The controller includes an integrator configured to integrate an output of the amplifier and output a resultant output to two electric paths of a positive phase and a negative phase, and an inversion suppression circuit configured to operate so as to inject a current to the positive phase and extract a current from the negative phase when a negative phase potential of an output of the integrator is higher than a positive phase potential thereof.

A read-out circuitry for acquiring a multi-channel biopotential signal, comprises: a plurality of read-out signal channels, each receiving an input signal from a unique signal electrode; a reference channel receiving a reference signal from a reference electrode; wherein each read-out signal channel and the reference channel comprises a channel amplifier connected to receive the input signal in a first input node and with an output node connected to a second input node via a channel feedback loop; wherein each signal channel amplifier comprises a capacitor between the second input nodes of the signal channel amplifier and the reference channel amplifier, and wherein each signal channel feedback loop and the reference channel feedback loop comprise a filter.

A waveform shaping circuit is configured without including a diode that is affected by temperature. The waveform shaping circuit includes: a capacitor with one end into which a differential signal Vd0 is inputted and another end connected to an output; an impedance element that has one end connected to the other end of the capacitor and another end into which a target constant voltage is applied; a switch circuit that is constructed of a series circuit with an impedance element and a switch without including a diode, has one end connected to the output, and has another end into which the target constant voltage is applied; and a switch control circuit that shifts the switch into an on state during a low voltage period in an AC component of the differential signal and shifts the switch to an off state during a high voltage period of the AC component.

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.

A coupling module can be used to communicate high speed signals between an optical transceiver and a processing module of an optical communication device, such as an optical line termination (OLT) or an optical network unit (ONU). The coupling module can adjust the common mode voltage level of a differential signal output by the optical transceiver to the common mode voltage level required by the processing module. In addition, the coupling module splits each of the differential output signals from the optical transceiver and passes the split signals to both a high-pass filter and a low-pass filter that are connected in parallel. An adapter module can be connected to the coupling module such that the coupling module can receive different differential signals from different optical transceivers.

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.

In one embodiment, a power source for providing high-voltage radio-frequency (RF) energy to an instrument such as a mass spectrometer includes an RF power amplifier having an output, an oscillating RF signal generator configured to provide first and second RF signals respectively oscillating at first and second frequencies to the RF power amplifier, and a step-up circuit for magnifying the RF power amplifier output. The step-up circuit includes an LC resonator network tuned to the first and second frequencies, and an output for providing the magnified voltage to a rod assembly of the mass spectrometer.

A circuit includes a first transconductance stage having an output. The circuit further includes an output transconductance stage, and a first source-degenerated transistor having a first control input and first and second current terminals. The first control input is coupled to the output of the first transconductance stage. The circuit also includes a second transistor having a second control input and third and fourth current terminals. The third current terminal is coupled to the second current terminal and to the output transconductance stage.

The present disclosure provides a Multiple Inputs Multiple Outputs RF front-end amplifier circuit, chip, and electronic device and a method for configuring signal path. The RF front-end amplifier circuit includes: at least two low-noise amplifying modules, each of which amplifies one voltage signal and converts into one or more intermediate current signals; a voltage output module, connected to each of the low-noise amplifying modules, for combining the intermediate current signal output by the low-noise amplifying module and converting them into one or more output voltage signals. The RF front-end amplifier circuit can be applied to an RF front-end with a Multiple Inputs Multiple Outputs structure.

An apparatus for determining properties of an uncharacterized downhole fluid. The apparatus comprises an oscillation driver circuit comprising an amplifier having an output and an input, a feedback loop between the output and input of an amplifier or a logic gate, an electromechanical resonator disposed within the feedback loop such that a the resonator is driven by the oscillation driver circuit, wherein a resonant frequency of the resonator defines an oscillation frequency of the oscillator circuit, and a switch device for causing the oscillator circuit to stop driving the resonator, which thereby enables observation of a decay rate of the oscillation of the electromechanical resonator within the uncharacterized fluid. The electromechanical resonator is enclosed in a conductive layer to protect the resonator against capacitive effects of the downhole fluid.