Patent classifications
H03F2203/45371
DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO COMPENSATED POWER DETECTOR
In some embodiments, a compensated power detector can include a power detector that includes a first detection cell having a bias input and an output, and a second detection cell having a signal input, a bias input and an output. The power detector can further include an error amplifier having a first input coupled to the output of the first detection cell, and a second input for receiving a reference voltage. The error amplifier can be configured to provide an output voltage to each of the bias inputs of the first and second detection cells, such that an output of the second detection cell is representative of power of a radio-frequency signal received at the signal input with an adjustment for one or more non-signal effects as measured by the first detection cell and the error amplifier.
MULTICHANNEL ULTRA-LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER
The present disclose generally relates to a multichannel low-noise amplifier. At each input to the multichannel low-noise amplifiers, a plurality of transistors can be connected in parallel. This parallel connection decreases the voltage noise beyond what is possible using a single input transistor at each input. As an additional benefit, the initial operating region of the input transistors is not changed. The multichannel low-noise amplifier can be incorporated on a single integrated circuit chip to amplify biological signals to facilitate selective recording of a property (e.g., amplifying neural signals to facilitate selective recording of neural activity).
Compensated power detector
In some embodiments, a compensated power detector can include a power detector that includes a first detection cell having a bias input and an output, and a second detection cell having a signal input, a bias input and an output. The power detector can further include an error amplifier having a first input coupled to the output of the first detection cell, and a second input for receiving a reference voltage. The error amplifier can be configured to provide an output voltage to each of the bias inputs of the first and second detection cells, such that an output of the second detection cell is representative of power of a radio-frequency signal received at the signal input with an adjustment for one or more non-signal effects as measured by the first detection cell and the error amplifier.
Multichannel ultra-low noise amplifier
The present disclose generally relates to a multichannel low-noise amplifier. At each input to the multichannel low-noise amplifiers, a plurality of transistors can be connected in parallel. This parallel connection decreases the voltage noise beyond what is possible using a single input transistor at each input. As an additional benefit, the initial operating region of the input transistors is not changed. The multichannel low-noise amplifier can be incorporated on a single integrated circuit chip to amplify biological signals to facilitate selective recording of a property (e.g., amplifying neural signals to facilitate selective recording of neural activity).
Voltage regulator and power supply
A voltage regulator and a power supply are provided. The voltage regulator includes an operational amplifier and an offset voltage control module. The offset voltage control module includes one or more stages of regulation branches connected in parallel, and controls an offset voltage of the operational amplifier with the one or more stages of regulation branches to regulate the output voltage. The offset voltage control module also includes a bandgap reference generation circuit, configured to generate a reference voltage irrelevant to a temperature coefficient that is received by the operational amplifier from the input terminal, wherein the bandgap reference generation circuit comprises at least one of: a V.sub.GS-based bandgap reference generation circuit having a full CMOS reference offset structure, a PTAT unit-based and V.sub.GS-based bandgap reference generation circuit having a full CMOS reference offset structure, and a PTAT unit-based and BJT-based bandgap reference generation circuit having a complementary structure.
VOLTAGE REGULATOR AND POWER SUPPLY
A voltage regulator and a power supply are provided. The voltage regulator includes an operational amplifier and an offset voltage control module. The offset voltage control module includes one or more stages of regulation branches connected in parallel, and controls an offset voltage of the operational amplifier with the one or more stages of regulation branches to regulate the output voltage. The offset voltage control module also includes a bandgap reference generation circuit, configured to generate a reference voltage irrelevant to a temperature coefficient that is received by the operational amplifier from the input terminal, wherein the bandgap reference generation circuit comprises at least one of: a V.sub.GS-based bandgap reference generation circuit having a full CMOS reference offset structure, a PTAT unit-based and V.sub.GS-based bandgap reference generation circuit having a full CMOS reference offset structure, and a PTAT unit-based and BJT-based bandgap reference generation circuit having a complementary structure.
Voltage regulator and power supply
A voltage regulator and a power supply are provided. The voltage regulator includes an operational amplifier and an offset voltage control module. The operational amplifier includes an input terminal and an output terminal, and is configured to generate an output voltage to be output from the output terminal based on a reference voltage received from the input terminal. The offset voltage control module includes one stage of regulation branch or more stages of regulation branches connected in parallel, and is configured to control an offset voltage of the operational amplifier based on selection of the regulation branch to regulate the output voltage. Since sine each stage of regulation branch in the offset voltage control module is based on a transistor structure, as compared with the voltage dividing resistor in the related art, the transistor has lower power consumption, and thus power consumption of the voltage regulator is lowered.
POWER MULTIPLEXER SYSTEM FOR CURRENT LOAD MIGRATION
A power multiplexer system including a power mux controller, wherein the power mux controller generates at least one non-regulated control signal; a regulator coupled to the power mux controller, wherein the regulator generates a reference voltage and wherein the reference voltage is used for generating a regulated control signal; and at least one power multiplexer tile coupled to the regulator, wherein each of the at least one power multiplexer tile includes a first branch comprising a first plurality of transistors and a second branch comprising a second plurality of transistors, and wherein enabling or disabling one or more of the first plurality of transistors is based on either the at least one non-regulated control signal or the regulated control signal.
COMPENSATED POWER DETECTOR
In some embodiments, a compensated power detector can include a power detector that includes a first detection cell having a bias input and an output, and a second detection cell having a signal input, a bias input and an output. The power detector can further include an error amplifier having a first input coupled to the output of the first detection cell, and a second input for receiving a reference voltage. The error amplifier can be configured to provide an output voltage to each of the bias inputs of the first and second detection cells, such that an output of the second detection cell is representative of power of a radio-frequency signal received at the signal input with an adjustment for one or more non-signal effects as measured by the first detection cell and the error amplifier.
VOLTAGE REGULATOR AND POWER SUPPLY
A voltage regulator and a power supply are provided. The voltage regulator includes an operational amplifier and an offset voltage control module. The operational amplifier includes an input terminal and an output terminal, and is configured to generate an output voltage to be output from the output terminal based on a reference voltage received from the input terminal. The offset voltage control module includes one stage of regulation branch or more stages of regulation branches connected in parallel, and is configured to control an offset voltage of the operational amplifier based on selection of the regulation branch to regulate the output voltage. Since sine each stage of regulation branch in the offset voltage control module is based on a transistor structure, as compared with the voltage dividing resistor in the related art, the transistor has lower power consumption, and thus power consumption of the voltage regulator is lowered.