Patent classifications
H03F2203/45141
DIFFERENTIAL CURRENT-TO-VOLTAGE CONVERSION
An apparatus includes a differential current-to-voltage conversion circuit that includes an input sampling stage circuit, a differential integration and DC signal cancellation stage circuit, and an amplification and accumulator stage circuit. An input common mode voltage of the differential current-to-voltage circuit is independent of an output common mode voltage of the differential current-to-voltage circuit.
Impedance converter to achieve negative capacitance and/or negative inductance for radio frequency front end matching
An impedance converter circuit achieves negative capacitance and/or negative inductance for radio frequency (RF) front end impedance matching for low noise amplifier (LNA) designs. The impedance converter circuit includes a first transistor coupled to a first RF input at a source of the first transistor. The impedance converter circuit also includes a second transistor coupled to a second RF input at a source of the second transistor. The second transistor is cross-coupled to the first transistor to form a cross-coupled pair of transistors. The cross-coupled pair of transistors is configured to generate a negative capacitance or a negative inductance based on a load impedance coupled to a drain of the first transistor and a drain of the second transistor.
IMPEDANCE CONVERTER TO ACHIEVE NEGATIVE CAPACITANCE AND/OR NEGATIVE INDUCTANCE FOR RADIO FREQUENCY FRONT END MATCHING
An impedance converter circuit achieves negative capacitance and/or negative inductance for radio frequency (RF) front end impedance matching for low noise amplifier (LNA) designs. The impedance converter circuit includes a first transistor coupled to a first RF input at a source of the first transistor. The impedance converter circuit also includes a second transistor coupled to a second RF input at a source of the second transistor. The second transistor is cross-coupled to the first transistor to form a cross-coupled pair of transistors. The cross-coupled pair of transistors is configured to generate a negative capacitance or a negative inductance based on a load impedance coupled to a drain of the first transistor and a drain of the second transistor.
RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIER
The present description concerns an amplifier. A first transistor couples a first input node to a first output node. A second transistor couples a second input node to a second output node. The control terminals of the first and second transistors are connected. A third transistor has a control terminal connected to the first input node and a conduction terminal connected to the second output node. A fourth transistor has a control terminal connected to the second input node and a conduction terminal connected to the first output node. A circuit controls a current through the first and second transistors. A circuit delivers a control signal to the control terminals of the first and second transistors.