Signal amplifying system in a hall detecting and amplifying system
10432159 ยท 2019-10-01
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
H03F15/00
ELECTRICITY
G01R33/0023
PHYSICS
G01R33/00
PHYSICS
G01R33/072
PHYSICS
H03F9/04
ELECTRICITY
H03F2200/261
ELECTRICITY
International classification
H03F15/00
ELECTRICITY
G01R33/00
PHYSICS
Abstract
A signal amplifying system having an oscillator and an amplifying circuit. The oscillator has a first resistor with a first resistance R1 and a first capacitor with a first capacitance C1, and generates an oscillating signal having a frequency f which equals to k1/(R1*C1), k1 is a first proportional parameter. The amplifying circuit has an input terminal to receive an input signal and amplifies the input signal under the control of the oscillating signal. The amplifying circuit has a second resistor with a second resistance R2 and a second capacitor with a second capacitance C2. The amplifying circuit has a 3 dB bandwidth W.sub.3 dB which equals to k2/(R2*C2), k2 is a second proportional parameter. In this signal amplifying system, the product of the first resistance R1 and the first capacitance C1 is proportional to the product of the second resistance R2 and the second capacitance C2.
Claims
1. A signal amplifying system, comprising: an oscillator, comprising a first resistor with a first resistance R1 and a first capacitor with a first capacitance C1, the oscillator is configured to provide an oscillating signal having a frequency f, wherein f=k1/(R1*C1), where k1 is a first proportional parameter; and an amplifying circuit configured to receive the oscillating signal and an input signal, and further configured to amplify the input signal under the control of the oscillating signal, the amplifying circuit comprises a bias circuit having a second resistor with a second resistance R2, and an amplifying potion having a second capacitor with a second capacitance C2, the amplifying circuit has a 3 dB bandwidth W.sub.3 dB_Amp, wherein W.sub.3 dB_Amp=k2/(R2*C2), where k2 is a second proportional parameter; wherein the bias circuit further comprises a first bias transistor having a first gate width to length ratio W.sub.MBS/L.sub.MBS, the bias circuit is configured to provide a bias current IB, wherein IB=k.sub.BS/(R2.sup.2W.sub.MBS/L.sub.MBS), where k.sub.BS is a third proportional parameter; and wherein the amplifying potion is configured to receive the bias current IB, and is further configured to amplify the input signal of the amplifying circuit under the control of the bias current IB, the amplifying potion further comprises a first amplifying transistor having a second gate width to length ratio W.sub.MAP/L.sub.MAP the amplifying potion has a 3 dB bandwidth W.sub.3 dB_Potion, wherein
2. The signal amplifying system of claim 1, wherein the first bias transistor has a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, the first terminal of the first bias transistor is coupled to a power supply, and wherein the second resistor has a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first bias transistor, and a second terminal coupled to the control terminal of the first bias transistor; and wherein the bias circuit further comprises: a second bias transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, wherein the first terminal is coupled to the power supply, the control terminal is coupled to the second terminal of the first bias transistor; a third bias transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, wherein the first terminal is coupled to the second terminal of the second resistor, the second terminal is coupled to a reference ground; a fourth bias transistor having a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the second bias transistor, a second terminal coupled to the reference ground, and a control terminal coupled to the control terminal of the third bias transistor and the first terminal of the fourth bias transistor; a fifth bias transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, wherein the second terminal is coupled to the reference ground, and the control terminal is coupled to the control terminal of the fourth bias transistor; a sixth bias transistor having a first terminal coupled to the power supply, a second terminal coupled to the first terminal of the fifth bias transistor, and a control terminal coupled to the second terminal of the sixth bias transistor; and a seventh bias transistor having a first terminal coupled to the power supply, a control terminal coupled to the control terminal of the sixth bias transistor, and a second terminal configured to provide the bias current IB; wherein the first, third, fourth, fifth and sixth bias transistors have the same gate width to length ratio, the gate width to length ratios of the second and seventh bias transistors are proportional to the gate width to length ratio of the first bias transistor.
3. The signal amplifying system of claim 1, wherein the amplifying potion further comprises a second amplifying transistor, each of the first and the second amplifying transistors has a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, wherein each first terminal of the first and second amplifying transistors is configured to receive the bias current IB, the control terminals of the first and second amplifying transistors are configured to receive the input signal, the second terminals of the first and second amplifying transistor are configured to provide an amplified signal, wherein the first and second amplifying transistors have the same gate width to length ratio.
4. The signal amplifying system of claim 1, wherein the oscillator further comprises: a first current source having a first terminal coupled to a power supply, and a second terminal configured to provide a first current; a second current source having a first terminal coupled to the power supply and a second terminal configured to provide a second current; a third current source having a first terminal coupled to the power supply and a second terminal configured to provide a third current, wherein the first, second and third current have the same value; an oscillating capacitor having a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the third current source, and an second terminal coupled to a reference ground, wherein the oscillating capacitor has the first capacitance C1; a first oscillating transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, wherein the first terminal is coupled to the second terminal of the second current source, the second terminal is coupled to the reference ground; a second oscillating transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, wherein the first terminal is coupled to the second terminal of the third current source, and the second terminal is coupled to the reference ground; a first comparator having a first input terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first current source, and a second input terminal coupled to the second terminal of the second current source; a second comparator having a first input terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first current source, and a second input terminal coupled to the second terminal of the third current source; a first NAND gate having a first input terminal and an output terminal, wherein the first input terminal is coupled to the output terminal of the first comparator; a second NAND gate having a first input terminal coupled to the output terminal of the second comparator, a second input terminal coupled to the output terminal of the first NAND gate, and an output terminal coupled to the second input terminal of the first NAND gate; a first inverter having an input terminal coupled to the output terminal of the second NAND gate, and an output terminal coupled to the control terminal of the first oscillating transistor; and a second inverter having an input terminal coupled to the output terminal of the first inverter, and an output terminal coupled to the control terminal of the second oscillating transistor to provide the oscillating signal; wherein the first resistor has a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first current source, and a second terminal coupled to the reference ground; and wherein the first capacitor has a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the second current source, and a second terminal coupled to the reference ground.
5. A hall detecting and amplifying system, comprising: a signal amplifying system, comprising: 1) an oscillator, comprising a first resistor with a first resistance R1 and a first capacitor with a first capacitance C1, the oscillator is configured to provide an oscillating signal having a frequency f, wherein f=k1/(R1*C1), where k1 is a first proportional parameter; and 2) an amplifying circuit configured to receive the oscillating signal and an input signal, and further configured to amplify the input signal under the control of the oscillating signal, the amplifying circuit comprises a bias circuit having a second resistor with a second resistance R2, and an amplifying potion having a second capacitor with a second capacitance C2, the amplifying circuit has a 3 dB bandwidth W.sub.3 dB_Amp, wherein W.sub.3 dB_Amp=k2/(R2*C2), where k2 is a second proportional parameter; wherein the product of the first resistance R1 and the first capacitance C1 is proportional to the product of the second resistance R2 and the second capacitance C2; a first transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, wherein the first terminal is configured to receive a hall bias current, the control terminal is configured to receive the complementary signal of the oscillating signal; a second transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, wherein the first terminal is configured to receive the hall bias current, the control terminal is configured to receive the oscillating signal; a third transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, wherein the second terminal is coupled to a reference ground, the control terminal is configured to receive the complementary signal of the oscillating signal; a fourth transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, wherein the second terminal is coupled to the reference ground, the control terminal is configured to receive the oscillating signal; a fifth transistor having a first terminal coupled to the input terminal of the amplifying circuit, a second terminal coupled to the second terminal of the second transistor, and a control terminal configured to receive the oscillating signal; a sixth transistor having a first terminal coupled to the input terminal of the amplifying circuit, a second terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first transistor, and a control terminal configured to receive the complementary signal of the oscillating signal; a seventh transistor having a first terminal coupled to the input terminal of the amplifying circuit, a second terminal coupled to the first terminal of the third transistor and a control terminal configured to receive the oscillating signal; an eighth transistor having a first terminal coupled to the input terminal of the amplifying circuit, a second terminal coupled to the first terminal of the fourth transistor, and a control terminal configured to receive the complementary signal of the oscillating signal; and a hall sensor having a first contact coupled to the second terminal of the second transistor, a second contact coupled to the first terminal of the third transistor, a third contact coupled to the first terminal of the fourth transistor and a fourth contact coupled to the second terminal of the first transistor.
6. The hall detecting and amplifying system of claim 5, wherein the bias circuit further comprises a first bias transistor having a first gate width to length ratio W.sub.MBS/L.sub.MBS, the bias circuit is configured to provide a bias current IB, wherein IB=k.sub.BS/(R2.sup.2W.sub.MBS/L.sub.MBS), where k.sub.BS is a third proportional parameter; and wherein the amplifying potion is configured to receive the bias current IB, and is further configured to amplify the input signal of the amplifying circuit under the control of the bias current IB, the amplifying potion further comprises a first amplifying transistor having a second gate width to length ratio W.sub.MAP/L.sub.MAP, the amplifying potion has a 3 dB bandwidth W.sub.3 dB_Potion, wherein
7. The hall detecting and amplifying system of claim 6, wherein the first bias transistor has a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, the first terminal of the first bias transistor is coupled to a power supply, and wherein the second resistor has a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first bias transistor, and a second terminal coupled to the control terminal of the first bias transistor; and wherein the bias circuit further comprises: a second bias transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, wherein the first terminal is coupled to the power supply, the control terminal is coupled to the second terminal of the first bias transistor; a third bias transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, wherein the first terminal is coupled to the second terminal of the second resistor, the second terminal is coupled to the reference ground; a fourth bias transistor having a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the second bias transistor, a second terminal coupled to the reference ground, and a control terminal coupled to the control terminal of the third bias transistor and the first terminal of the fourth bias transistor; a fifth bias transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, wherein the second terminal is coupled to the reference ground, and the control terminal is coupled to the control terminal of the fourth bias transistor; a sixth bias transistor having a first terminal coupled to the power supply, a second terminal coupled to the first terminal of the fifth bias transistor, and a control terminal coupled to the second terminal of the sixth bias transistor; and a seventh bias transistor having a first terminal coupled to the power supply, a control terminal coupled to the control terminal of the sixth bias transistor, and a second terminal configured to provide the bias current IB; wherein the first, third, fourth, fifth and sixth bias transistors have the same gate width to length ratio, the gate width to length ratios of the second and seventh bias transistors are proportional to the gate width to length ratio of the first bias transistor.
8. The hall detecting and amplifying system of claim 6, wherein the amplifying potion further comprises a second amplifying transistor, each of the first and the second amplifying transistors has a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, wherein each first terminal of the first and second amplifying transistors is configured to receive the bias current IB, the control terminals of the first and second amplifying transistors are configured to receive the input signal, the second terminals of the first and second amplifying transistor are configured to provide an amplified signal, wherein the first and second amplifying transistors have the same gate width to length ratio.
9. The hall detecting and amplifying system of claim 5, wherein the oscillator further comprises: a first current source having a first terminal coupled to a power supply, and a second terminal configured to provide a first current; a second current source having a first terminal coupled to the power supply and a second terminal configured to provide a second current; a third current source having a first terminal coupled to the power supply and a second terminal configured to provide a third current, wherein the first, second and third current have the same value; an oscillating capacitor having a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the third current source, and an second terminal coupled to the reference ground, wherein the oscillating capacitor has the first capacitance C1; a first oscillating transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, wherein the first terminal is coupled to the second terminal of the second current source, the second terminal is coupled to the reference ground; a second oscillating transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, wherein the first terminal is coupled to the second terminal of the third current source, and the second terminal is coupled to the reference ground; a first comparator having a first input terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first current source, and a second input terminal coupled to the second terminal of the second current source; a second comparator having a first input terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first current source, and a second input terminal coupled to the second terminal of the third current source; a first NAND gate having a first input terminal and an output terminal, wherein the first input terminal is coupled to the output terminal of the first comparator; a second NAND gate having a first input terminal coupled to the output terminal of the second comparator, a second input terminal coupled to the output terminal of the first NAND gate, and an output terminal coupled to the second input terminal of the first NAND gate; a first inverter having an input terminal coupled to the output terminal of the second NAND gate, and an output terminal coupled to the control terminal of the first oscillating transistor; and a second inverter having an input terminal coupled to the output terminal of the first inverter, and an output terminal coupled to the control terminal of the second oscillating transistor to provide the oscillating signal; wherein the first resistor has a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first current source, and a second terminal coupled to the reference ground; and wherein the first capacitor has a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the second current source, and a second terminal coupled to the reference ground.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
(1) The following detailed description of various embodiments of the present invention can best be understood when read in conjunction with the following drawings in which the features are not necessary drawn to scale but rather drawn as to best illustrate the pertinent features.
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(8) The use of the similar reference label in different drawings indicates the same of like components.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
(9) Various embodiments of the present invention will now be described. In the following description, some specific details, such as example circuits and example values for these circuit components, are included to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments. One skilled in the relevant art will recognize, however, that the present invention can be practiced without one or more specific details, or with other methods, components, materials, etc. In other instances, well-known structures, materials, processes or operations are not shown or described in detail to avoid obscuring aspects of the present invention.
(10) Throughout the specification and claims, the term coupled as used herein, is defined as directly or indirectly connected in an electrical or non-electrical manner. The terms a, an and the include plural reference and the term in includes in and on. The phrase in one embodiment as used herein does not necessarily refer to the same embodiment, although it may. The term or is an inclusive or operator, and is equivalent to the term and/or herein, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. The term based on is not exclusive and allows for being based on additional factors not described, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. The term circuit means at least either a single component or a multiplicity of components, either active and/or passive, that are coupled together to provide a desired function. The term signal means at least one current, voltage, charge, temperature, data, or other signal. Where either a field effect transistor (FET) or a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) may be employed as an embodiment of a transistor, the scope of the words gate, drain, and source includes base, collector, and emitter, respectively, and vice versa. Those skilled in the art should understand that the meanings of the terms identified above do not necessarily limit the terms, but merely provide illustrative examples for the terms.
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f=k1/(R1*C1)(1)
where k1 is a first proportional parameter.
(12) In
W.sub.3 dB_Amp=k2/(R2*C2)(2)
where k2 is a second proportional parameter.
(13) In the signal amplifying system 100 of
(R1*C1)/(R2*C2)=k3(3)
where k3 is a constant.
(14) Suppose that the amplifying circuit 102 has a close-loop gain A0, it is easy for persons of ordinary skill in the amplifying circuit art to know the gain g of the amplifying circuit 102 can be calculated by equation (4):
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(16) Taking equations (1)-(3) into equation (4) and the gain g can be calculated by equation (5):
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(18) It can be seen from equation (5), for the first proportional parameter k1, the second proportional parameter k2 and the third proportional parameter k3 are all constant, thus the gain g will be constant.
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(20) In the oscillator 200 of
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(22) It can be seen from equation (6) that the oscillator 200 can generate the oscillating signal V.sub.OSC having the frequency defined by equation (1). In detail, the first proportional parameter k1 equals to in the oscillator 200 of
(23) Persons of ordinary skill in the art should understand, although the first oscillating capacitor C.sub.OSC1 and the second oscillating capacitor C.sub.OSC2 in the above embodiment have the same capacitance, and the oscillating current sources IB.sub.OSC1-IB.sub.OSC3 have the same current value, in another embodiment, the first capacitor C.sub.OSC1 and the second capacitor C.sub.OSC2 may have different capacitance, and the oscillating current sources IB.sub.OSC1-IB.sub.OSC3 can have different current values as long as these values can satisfy equation (6).
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where K.sub.BS is a bias proportional parameter.
(26) The amplifying circuit 302 comprises a second capacitor C2 and an amplifying transistor M.sub.AP having a gate width to length ratio W.sub.MAP/L.sub.MAP, the gate width to length ratio of the amplifying transistor M.sub.AP is proportional to the gate width to length ratio of the bias transistor M.sub.BS, which can be expressed as set forth in equation (8):
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where W.sub.MAP/L.sub.MAP, is the gate width to length ratio of the amplifying transistor M.sub.AP, and W.sub.MBS/L.sub.MBS is the gate width to length ratio of the bias transistor M.sub.BS.
(28) The amplifying potion 302 is coupled to the bias circuit 301 to receive the bias current IB and outputs an amplified signal Vout by amplifying a received input signal Vin, wherein the amplifying potion 302 has a 3 dB bandwidth W.sub.3 dB_Potion which is defined as below:
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where k.sub.AP is an amplifying proportional parameter.
Taking equations (7) and (8) into equation (9) and W.sub.3 dB_Potion can be rewritten as below:
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(31) It can be seem from equation (10) that the amplifying circuit 300 of
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(33) In one embodiment, each of the first terminals of the bias transistors M.sub.BS1-M.sub.BS7 is source terminal, and each of the second terminals of the bias transistors M.sub.BS1-M.sub.BS7 is drain.
(34) In one embodiment, the first bias transistor M.sub.BS1 and the bias transistors M.sub.BS3, M.sub.BS4, M.sub.BS5 and M.sub.BS6 have the same size, thus they have the same gate width to length ratio W.sub.MBS/L.sub.MBS. The size of the second bias transistor M.sub.BS2 is m1 times that of the first bias transistor M.sub.BS1, while the size of seventh bias transistor M.sub.BS7 is m2 times that of the sixth bias transistor M.sub.BS6, so the bias current IB provided by the bias circuit 400 can be calculated by the following equation:
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Where u is the carrier mobility of the bias transistors, Cox is the gate oxide layer capacitance per unit area of the bias transistors, W.sub.MBS/L.sub.MBS is the gate width to length ratio of the first bias transistor M.sub.BS1, R2 is the resistance of the second resistor.
(36) In one embodiment, m1 is 4, and m2 is 10, thus the bias current IB can be calculated by the following equation:
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(38) It can be seen from equation (12) that, the bias circuit 400 of
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so the bias circuit 400 of
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(41) In one embodiment, the first amplifying transistor M.sub.AP1 and the second amplifying transistor M.sub.AP2 have the same size and thus have the same gate width to length ratio W.sub.MAP/L.sub.MAP, the amplifying gain gm of the amplifying potion 500 of
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(43) It is easy for persons of ordinary skill in this art to know that the amplifying potion 500 has a 3 dB bandwidth W.sub.3 dB illustrated as below:
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where C2 is the capacitance of the second capacitor. It should be noted that, the amplifying potion 500 of
(45) Taking equation (13) into equation (14), the 3 dB bandwidth W.sub.3 dB_500 can be calculated by an equation (16) illustrated as below:
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(47) It can be seen from equation (15) that the amplifying potion 500 of
(48) The bias circuit 400 and the amplifying potion 500 are coupled together to form an amplifying circuit, which can be further coupled to the oscillator 200 in
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equals 8, then
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(51) Taking equations (6) and (17) into equation (4), the gain g of the signal amplifying system can be calculated by an equation shown as below based on the basic analogy circuit knowledge.
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(53) Wherein (R1*C1)/(R2*C2) equals to k3 which is a constant, and thus the gain g is constant.
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(55) As shown in
(56) Still referring to
V.sub.IN=V.sub.H+V.sub.OFFSET(19)
where V.sub.H is a hall voltage which is proportional to the magnetic flux density of the hall sensor H, the sensitivity of a hall plate and the bias current I.sub.BH added to the hall plate, V.sub.OFFSET is determined by the offset of the hall plate, the 1/f noise of the hall plate, and the offset voltage of the amplifying circuit A.
(57) When oscillating signal CK is high, i.e., CK=1,
V.sub.INV.sub.H+V.sub.OFFSET(20)
it can be seen from equations (19) and (20) that the hall voltage V.sub.H is effectively modulated.
(58) The amplifying gain of the hall detecting and amplifying system 600 is constant by using the signal amplifying system 100 shown in
(59) It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to what has been particularly shown and described herein above. Rather the scope of the present invention is defined by the claims and includes both combinations and sub-combinations of the various features described herein above as well as variation and modifications thereof which would occur to persons skilled in the art upon reading the foregoing description and which are not in the prior art.