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- Patent Title: Amplification interface, and corresponding measurement system and method for calibrating an amplification interface
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Application No.: US16781493Application Date: 2020-02-04
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Publication No.: US11095261B2Publication Date: 2021-08-17
- Inventor: Calogero Marco Ippolito , Michele Vaiana , Angelo Recchia
- 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: Crowe & Dunlevy
- Priority: IT102019000001851 20190208
- Main IPC: H03F3/45
- IPC: H03F3/45 ; G05F3/24 ; G06G7/186 ; H03B5/24 ; H03F3/393

Abstract:
An amplification interface includes a drain of a first FET connected to a first node, a drain of a second FET connected to a second node, and sources of the first and second FETs connected to a third node. First and second bias-current generators are connected to the first and second nodes. A third FET is connected between the third node and a reference voltage. A regulation circuit drives the gate of the third FET to regulate the common mode of the voltage at the first node and the voltage at the second node to a desired value. A current generator applies a correction current to the first and/or second node. A differential current integrator has a first and second inputs connected to the second and first nodes. The integrator supplies a voltage representing the integral of the difference between the currents received at the second and first inputs.
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