A switched-capacitor gain stage circuit and method include an amplifier connected to an input sampling circuit with sampling switched capacitors for coupling an input voltage and a first or second reference voltage to one or more central nodes during a sampling phase and for coupling the one or more central nodes to an amplifier input during a gain phase, wherein a reference loading circuit uses a plurality of sampling switched capacitors connected in a switching configuration to selectively couple a first reference voltage and/or a second reference voltage to the central node by pre-charging the plurality of sampling switched capacitors with the first and second reference voltages during the sampling phase, and by coupling each of the first and second reference voltages to at least one of the plurality of sampling switched capacitors when connected to the central node during the gain phase.

An amplifier assembly (100) includes an amplifier (102) having an input terminal, an output terminal and a feedback terminal; a first feedback path connecting the output terminal to the feedback terminal; a second feedback path connecting the output terminal to the feedback terminal; a switch (124) positioned in the second feedback path, the switch (124) opening or closing in response to a voltage at the output terminal relative to a breakpoint, when the switch (124) is open, the amplifier assembly (100) has a first gain and when the switch (124) is closed, the amplifier assembly (100) has a second gain; and a thermally variable element (152) connected to the switch (124), the thermally variable element (152) configured to generate a compensation voltage to maintain the breakpoint in response to varying temperature of the switch (152).

The present application provides a multimode transmit power control loop, an electronic device, and a method of adjusting a detected operating level of amplified power output from a power amplifier. The multimode transmit power control loop including a feedback path wherein a feedback path signal is coupled to a feedback detection input of the power amplifier via the feedback path. The feedback path includes a mode selection switch having a control input for selectively applying a different impedance circuit to the feedback path for switching in different attenuation levels, based upon the control input of the mode selection switch identifying one or more of multiple potential operating modes. Operation of the multimode transmit power control loop increases or decreases an operating level of amplified power output from the power amplifier, which is proportional to a present level of attenuation resulting from the particular impedance circuit being applied to the feedback path via the mode selection switch.

Assemblies of electronic components for reception of data using optical fibre and methods for providing same. Assemblies comprise a photodiode; an amplifier coupled to the photodiode; at least one feedback resistor coupled between the input and output of the amplifier; an arrangement of at least two MOS transistors of same channel polarity and configured in parallel with the feedback resistor(s); a system for sensing received input signal level and applying a bias voltage to gates of the MOS transistors, the bias voltage varied according to the received input signal level to control a resistance apparent through the arrangement of MOS transistors; at least one capacitor configured to couple signals from the amplifier output to a gate of at least one of the MOS transistors; and at least one bias resistor configured to couple the bias voltage to a gate of at least one of the MOS transistors.

A modulator circuit may include an integrator circuit and a gain compensation circuit. The integrator circuit may include a first amplifier including an input to receive a signal and an output to provide an inverted signal and a capacitor including a first terminal coupled to the input and a second terminal coupled to the output. The gain compensation circuit may include a second inverter amplifier including a gain input coupled to the output of the first amplifier and including a gain output; a first resistor including a first terminal coupled to the gain output and including a second terminal; and a second capacitor including a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first resistor and including a second terminal coupled to the gain input. The integrator circuit has a finite DC gain and the gain compensation circuit is configured to compensate for the finite DC gain.