Automated power noise susceptibility test systems are provided for one or more storage devices. A system includes a host; storage devices; and multiple noise injection modules. Each noise injection module includes: a first relay to a third relay, which are coupled to a first path or a second path. The first path includes: an operational amplifier for generating a high noise function; a first variable regulator for generating a first or second regulated power supply voltage; and a capacitor injection circuit for generating low noise function and a first power noise. The second path includes: a second variable regulator for generating a third or fourth regulated power supply voltage and a power amplifier injection circuit for generating a second power noise. The third relay selectively provides the storage device the first power noise or the second power noise.

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.

A neural network circuit that uses a ramp function as an activation function includes a memory device in which memristors serving as memory elements are connected in a matrix. The neural network circuit further includes I-V conversion amplification circuits for converting currents flowing via the memory elements into voltages, a differential amplifier circuit for performing a differential operation on outputs of two I-V conversion amplification circuits, an A-D converter for performing an A-D conversion on a result of the differential operation, and an output determine that, by referring to input signals of the differential amplifier circuit, determines whether an output signal value of the differential amplifier circuit belongs to an active region or an inactive region. Based on a determination result, the input determiner switches over the differential amplifier circuit and the A-D converter between an operating state and a standby state.

An apparatus for turning off a cascode amplifier having a common-gate transistor and a common-source transistor is disclosed that includes the cascode amplifier, a feedback circuit, and a bias circuit. The feedback circuit is configured to receive a drain-voltage from the drain of the common-source transistor when the common-source transistor is switched to a first OFF state and produce a first feedback signal. The drain-voltage is equal to a source voltage of the common-gate transistor and the drain-voltage increases in response to switching the common-source transistor to the first OFF state. The bias circuit is configured to receive the first feedback signal and produce a bias-voltage. A first gate-voltage is produced from the bias-voltage. The cascode amplifier is configured to receive the first gate-voltage and a second gate-voltage. The common-gate transistor is configured to switch to a second OFF state in response to receiving the second gate-voltage.

The present invention provides a circuitry applied to multiple power domains, wherein the circuitry includes a first circuit block and second circuit block, the first circuit block is powered by a first supply voltage of a first power domain, and the second circuit block is powered by a second supply voltage of a second power domain. The first circuit block includes a first amplifier and a switching circuit. The first amplifier is configured to receive an input signal to generate a processed input signal. When the second circuit block is powered by the second supply voltage, the switching circuit is configured to forward the processed input signal to the second circuit block; and when the second circuit block is not powered by the second supply voltage, the switching circuit disconnects a path between the first amplifier and the second circuit block.

A frontend circuit for a radio frequency (RF) receiver comprises an RF amplifier circuit to receive an RF signal, a local oscillator (LO) circuit to produce a LO signal, a mixer circuit configured to mix the RF signal with the LO signal to produce a down-converted intermediate frequency (IF) signal, a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) circuit to receive the IF signal, and an error reduction circuit operatively coupled to the TIA circuit and configured to reduce voltage error caused by error charge from parasitic capacitance of the frontend circuit.

A PMOS-output LDO with full spectrum PSR is disclosed. In one implementation, a LDO includes a pass transistor (M.sub.O) having a source coupled to an input voltage (Vin); a noise cancelling transistor (M.sub.D) having a source coupled to the Vin, a gate coupled to a drain and a gate of the pass transistor; a source follower transistor (M.sub.SF) having a source coupled to a drain of the pass transistor, a drain coupled to the drain and gate of the noise cancelling transistor; a current sink coupled between the drain of the source follower transistor and ground; and an error amplifier having an output to drive the gate of the source follower transistor.

An error amplifier circuit receives first and second input signals and provides an error amplifier output signal indicative of the difference between the first and second input signals. The error amplifier circuit implements a proportional-integrator-differentiator (PID) circuit having a differential input signal path and including a proportional amplifier circuit, an integrator amplifier circuit, and a differentiator amplifier circuit. The differentiator amplifier circuit receives an AC coupled input signal. The error amplifier circuit sums the output from the proportional amplifier circuit, the integrator amplifier circuit and the differentiator amplifier circuit to provide the error amplifier output signal where the error amplifier output signal is referenced to a first bias voltage.

A neural network circuit includes a memory device in which memristors being variable resistance elements are connected in a matrix and serve as memory elements of the memory device. The neural network circuit further includes a voltage application device arranged to apply a bias voltage to the memory device and current-voltage (I-V) conversion amplification circuits arranged to convert currents flowing via the memory elements into voltages and output the voltage. A feedback resistor of a respective I-V conversion amplification circuit includes a memristor. The feedback resistor of a respective I-V conversion amplification circuit and the memory elements acting as an input resistor of the I-V conversion amplification circuit are connected to align a polarity direction of the memristor of the feedback resistor and polarity directions of the memristors of the memory elements acting as the input resistor.

An integrated cinema amplifier comprises a power supply stage that distributes power over a plurality of channels for rendering immersive audio content in a surround sound listening environment. The amplifier automatically detects maximum and net power availability and requirements based on audio content by decoding audio metadata and dynamically adjusts gains to each channel or sets of channels based on content and operational/environmental conditions. A power supply stage provides power to drive a plurality of channels corresponding to speaker feeds to a plurality of speakers. The amplifier has a front panel having an LED array with each LED associated with a respective channel or group of channels of the multi-channel amplifier, and a control unit configured to light the LEDs according to display patterns based on operating status or error conditions of the amplifier.