H03F3/3028

Wireless amplifier circuitry for carrier aggregation

An electronic device may include wireless circuitry with a baseband processor, a transceiver circuit, a front-end module, and an antenna. The front-end module may include amplifier circuitry such as a low noise amplifier for amplifying received radio-frequency signals. The low noise amplifier is operable in a non-carrier-aggregation (NCA) mode and a carrier aggregation (CA) mode. The low noise amplifier may include a first input stage, a second input stage, a complementary degeneration transformer, and an input impedance compensation circuit. During the NCA mode, the first input stage is turned on while the second input stage is turned off, the degeneration transformer is controlled to provide maximum inductance, and the compensation circuit is turned on to provide input matching. During the CA mode, the first and second input stages are turned on, the degeneration transformer is adjusted to provide less inductance, and the compensation circuit is turned off.

High-Q clock buffer

An apparatus and system for a clock buffer. The clock buffer comprises a source follower, and the source follower comprises a voltage source and a resistor.

AMPLIFIER OUTPUT STAGE CIRCUITRY

An example apparatus includes: a folded cascode circuit including a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a first output terminal, and a second output terminal; a first feedback loop including a third output terminal, the third output terminal coupled to the first output terminal; a second feedback loop including a fourth output terminal, the fourth output terminal coupled to the second output terminal; and a first driver including a first control terminal and a fifth output terminal, the first control terminal coupled to the third output terminal; and a second driver including a second control terminal and a sixth output terminal, the second control terminal coupled to the fourth output terminal, the sixth output terminal coupled to the fifth output terminal.

IMAGING DEVICE
20230104160 · 2023-04-06 ·

An imaging device of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of pixel circuits that each generates a pixel signal including a pixel voltage corresponding to an amount of received light, and performs AD conversion by comparing the pixel signal with a reference signal; and a reference signal generator including a signal generation circuit and a voltage follower circuit, the signal generation circuit that generates a voltage signal having a ramp waveform, and the voltage follower circuit that performs a voltage follower operation on the basis of the voltage signal to generate the reference signal, and supplies the reference signal to the plurality of pixel circuits.

Bias techniques for amplifiers with mixed polarity transistor stacks
11689161 · 2023-06-27 · ·

Various methods and circuital arrangements for biasing gates of stacked transistor amplifier that includes two series connected transistor stacks of different polarities are presented, where the amplifier is configured to operate according to different modes of operation. Such circuital arrangements operate in a closed loop with a feedback error voltage that is based on a sensed voltage at a common node of the two series connected transistor stacks. According to one aspect, gate biasing voltages to input transistors of each of the two series connected stacks are adjusted by respective current mirrors that are controlled based on the feedback error voltage. According to another aspect, other gate biasing voltages are generated by maintaining a fixed gate biasing voltage between any two consecutive gate basing voltages.

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER WITH INVERTER BASED AMPLIFIER

An analog-to-digital converter (“ADC”) includes an input terminal configured to receive an analog input voltage signal. A first ADC stage is coupled to the input terminal and is configured to output a first digital value corresponding to the analog input voltage signal and a first analog residue signal corresponding to a difference between the first digital value and the analog input signal. An inverter based residue amplifier is configured to receive the first analog residue signal, amplify the first analog residue signal, and output an amplified residue signal. The amplified residue signal is converted to a second digital value, and the first and second digital values are combined to create a digital output signal corresponding to the analog input voltage signal.

CALIBRATION OF PUSH-PULL AMPLIFIER TO A LOW SECOND ORDER DISTORTION
20170324383 · 2017-11-09 ·

An integrated circuit comprises a first amplifier circuit with a push-pull amplifier configured to be calibrated to a low second order distortion. The integrated circuit further comprises a second amplifier circuit with at least one push-pull amplifier, wherein a size ratio between sizes of the transistors is adjustable by adjusting the size of at least one transistor device. The size ratio can be consecutively adjusted to a plurality of values, and for each value, a first output signal of a push-pull amplifier with an applied test signal and a second output signal of a push-pull amplifier without applied test signal, are determined. The size ratio for which a difference between the push-pull amplifier output signals is closest to zero is determined, and the push-pull amplifier of the first amplifier circuit is calibrated in dependence of the determined size ratio.

METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR BACK GATE BIASING FOR FD-SOI DEVICES
20170324385 · 2017-11-09 · ·

At least one method, apparatus and system disclosed involves providing semiconductor device having transistors comprising back gates and front gates. The semiconductor device comprises a signal processing unit for processing an input signal to provide an output signal. The signal processing unit includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor includes a first back gate electrically coupled to a first front gate. The signal processing unit also includes a second transistor operatively coupled to the first transistor. The second transistor includes a second back gate electrically coupled to a second front gate. The semiconductor device also includes a gain circuit for providing a gain upon the output signal. The semiconductor device also includes a bias circuit to provide a first bias signal to the first back gate and a second bias signal to the second back gate.

INVERTING AMPLIFIER, INTEGRATOR, SAMPLE HOLD CIRCUIT, AD CONVERTER, IMAGE SENSOR, AND IMAGING APPARATUS
20170272674 · 2017-09-21 ·

An inverting amplifier includes an input terminal, an output terminal, a PMOS transistor, another PMOS transistor, an NMOS transistor, another NMOS transistor, and a clamp circuit. The PMOS transistors are connected in series between a supply voltage and an output terminal. The NMOS transistors are connected in series between a ground voltage and the output terminal. The clamp circuit is connected to the gate of the other PMOS transistor and the gate of the other NMOS transistor. The clamp circuit includes a switch, a capacitor, another switch, and another capacitor. At least one of the gate of the PMOS transistor and the gate of the NMOS transistor is connected to the input terminal.

Differential analog input buffer
11211921 · 2021-12-28 · ·

A differential signal input buffer is disclosed. The differential signal input buffer may receive a differential signal that includes a first signal and a second signal and may be divided into a first section and a second section and. The first section may buffer and/or amplify the first signal based on a first level-shifted second signal. The second section may buffer and/or amplify the second signal based on a first level-shifted first signal. In some implementations, the first section may buffer and/or amplify the first signal based on a second level-shifted second signal. Further, in some implementations, the second section may buffer and/or amplify the second signal based on a second level-shifted first signal.