Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fully differential operational amplifier common mode current sensing feedback
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Application No.: US16361930Application Date: 2019-03-22
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Publication No.: US10897234B2Publication Date: 2021-01-19
- Inventor: Marco Zamprogno , Simone Zezza , Pasquale Flora
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- Main IPC: H03F3/45
- IPC: H03F3/45

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for sensing a common mode feedback current are provided. The common mode feedback current may flow through a common mode resistive divider of a piezoresistive bridge. A first current mirror mirrors the common mode feedback current and provides a first mirrored common mode current. A current aggregation stage receives the first mirrored common mode current and determines a bridge current of the piezoresistive bridge based on the first mirrored common mode feedback current. A second current mirror may be used to mirror the first current mirror before determining the bridge current.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200304085A1 FULLY DIFFERENTIAL OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER COMMON MODE CURRENT SENSING FEEDBACK Public/Granted day:2020-09-24
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