A bias structure includes a reference voltage node connected to gate structures of a first NMOS transistor and a second NMOS transistor, a bias voltage node comprising a bias voltage, and a first op amp having a first input connected to the reference voltage, a second input connected to a drain of the first NMOS transistor, and an output connected to gate structures of a first PMOS transistor and a second PMOS transistor. The bias structure further includes a second op amp having a first input connected to the reference voltage, a second input connected to a drain of the second NMOS transistor, and an output connected to a gate structure of a third NMOS transistor and the bias voltage node. The first NMOS transistor matches a transistor of a differential pair of an integrated circuit device.

A fully differential amplifier includes: an input stage comprising a first amplification circuit and a second amplification circuit, one of which is configured to generate a push signal and the other of which is configured to generate a pull signal, each by amplifying a differential input signal; an output stage for generating a differential output signal based on the push signal and the pull signal; and a feedback circuit for providing common mode feedback to the first amplification circuit based on the differential output signal, wherein the second amplification circuit may include a passive network for setting a common mode voltage of the push signal or the pull signal.

Implementations provide a receiver circuit that includes: an alternate current (AC)-coupling network to filter an input signal, the AC-coupling network including a first RC filter connected between a first input node and a first common node and a second RC filter connected between a second input node and the first common node; a differential amplifier coupled to the AC-coupling network and configured to receive a filtered input signal from the AC-coupling network and generate an output signal, the differential amplifier including a differential pair of transistors and a common-mode measurement network coupled to source terminals of a first and a second transistors in the differential pair; and a first operational amplifier having an input coupled to output terminal of the common-mode measurement network and an output coupled to the first common node.

The present application discloses an amplifier circuit, a chip and an electronic device, which generates a positive output signal and a negative output signal according to a positive input signal and a negative input signal, wherein the positive input signal and the negative input signal have a corresponding input differential-mode voltage and input common-mode voltage, and the positive output signal and the negative output signal have a corresponding output differential-mode voltage and output common-mode voltage, and the amplifier circuit includes: an amplifying unit, configured to receive the positive input signal and the negative input signal and generate the positive output signal and the negative output signal; and an attenuation unit, including: a positive common-mode capacitor and a negative common-mode capacitor, configured to attenuate the input common-mode voltage below a first specific frequency.

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.

An apparatus measures a speaker impedance. A DAC converts a known digital input signal to an audio frequency first analog voltage signal. Resistors with known resistance attenuate the first analog voltage signal to generate a current. The known resistance effectively determines the current because the known resistance is high relative to the speaker impedance. The current is sourced into the speaker to generate a second analog voltage signal. The known resistance is sufficiently high to cause the second analog voltage signal to be inaudible as transduced by the speaker. An amplifier amplifies the second analog voltage signal with a known gain to generate a third analog voltage signal. An ADC converts the third analog voltage signal to a digital output signal. A processing element calculates the impedance of the speaker proportional to the digital output signal based on the known digital input signal, the known resistance, and the known gain.

A circuit includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The circuit also includes an analog front end (AFE) having an AFE input and an AFE output. The AFE output is coupled the ADC's input. The AFE includes a programmable gain amplifier (PGA) having a first PGA input and a second PGA input. The PGA includes a first operational amplifier (OP AMP) with first and second OPAMP inputs. The AFE also including a programmable resistance circuit having a first programmable resistance circuit input and first and second programmable resistance circuit outputs. The first programmable resistance circuit input is coupled to the first and second PGA inputs. The programmable resistance circuit includes a resistor network having first and second balance resistances. The first balance resistance is coupled to the first and second OP AMP inputs, and the second balance resistance is coupled to the first and second OP AMP inputs.

Implementations provide a receiver circuit that includes: an alternate current (AC)-coupling network to filter an input signal, the AC-coupling network including a first RC filter connected between a first input node and a first common node and a second RC filter connected between a second input node and the first common node; a differential amplifier coupled to the AC-coupling network and configured to receive a filtered input signal from the AC-coupling network and generate an output signal, the differential amplifier including a differential pair of transistors and a common-mode measurement network coupled to source terminals of a first and a second transistors in the differential pair; and a first operational amplifier having an input coupled to output terminal of the common-mode measurement network and an output coupled to the first common node.

An amplifier circuit has: a first amplifier circuit, including a chopper circuit amplifying a first differential signal input between first and second input terminals to output a second differential signal; and a second amplifier circuit amplifying the second differential signal to output a single-ended signal. The second amplifier circuit includes: a first circuit including first and second transistors, the first circuit being connected to the first amplifier circuit so that the second differential signal input into gates of these transistors, the first circuit converting the second differential signal to a current flowing into a first node connected to the first transistor and a current flowing into a second node connected to the second transistor; and a second circuit negatively feeding back a voltage at the second node so that the difference in voltage between these nodes is reduced. The second amplifier circuit outputs the single-ended signal from the second node.

A low energy transmitter is provided. The transmitter includes an antenna circuit wherein the antenna circuit has an antenna positive node interface (Vop) and an antenna negative node interface (Von); a reference voltage source that supplies a reference voltage to the antenna circuit; and a common mode feedback (CMFB) circuit coupled to the antenna circuit that receives from the antenna circuit inputs from the Vop and the Von and supplies at least one signal to the antenna circuit.