Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Charge amplifier circuit with a high output dynamic range for a microelectromechanical sensor
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Application No.: US16736513Application Date: 2020-01-07
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Publication No.: US11177779B2Publication Date: 2021-11-16
- Inventor: Alberto Danioni
- 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
- Priority: IT102019000001505 20190201
- Main IPC: H03F3/16
- IPC: H03F3/16 ; H04R3/00 ; H03K19/0185 ; H04R19/04

Abstract:
A charge amplifier circuit is provided. The charge amplifier circuit is couplable to a transducer that generates an electrical charge that varies with an external stimulus. The charge amplifier circuit includes an amplification stage having an input node, couplable to the transducer, and an output node. The amplification stage biases the input node at a first direct current (DC) voltage. The charge amplifier circuit includes a feedback circuit, which includes a feedback capacitor, electrically coupled between the input and output nodes of the amplification stage. The feedback circuit includes a resistor electrically coupled to the input node, and a level-shifter circuit, electrically coupled between the resistor and the output node. The level-shifter circuit biases the output node at a second DC voltage and as a function of a difference between the second DC voltage and a reference voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200252035A1 CHARGE AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT WITH A HIGH OUTPUT DYNAMIC RANGE FOR A MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SENSOR Public/Granted day:2020-08-06
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