Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Amplifier circuit, corresponding comparator device and method
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Application No.: US17141812Application Date: 2021-01-05
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Publication No.: US11658625B2Publication Date: 2023-05-23
- Inventor: Roberto Modaffari
- 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: IT 2020000001906 2020.01.31
- Main IPC: H03F3/45
- IPC: H03F3/45 ; H03K5/24

Abstract:
A preamplifier circuit comprises a first pair of transistors and a second pair of transistors having current flow paths therethrough coupled at first and second output nodes and providing first and second current flow lines intermediate a supply node and ground. The two pairs of transistors comprise: first and second input transistors located intermediate the outputs nodes and one of the supply node and ground providing respective input nodes, first and second load transistors intermediate the output nodes and the other of the supply node and ground. The load transistors have control terminals capacitively coupled to the other of the supply node and ground and a reset switch arrangement is provided periodically activatable to short the first output node, the second output node as well as the control terminals of the first load transistor and the second load transistor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210242846A1 AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT, CORRESPONDING COMPARATOR DEVICE AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-08-05
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