Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Amplifier circuit and amplifier arrangement
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Application No.: US15521281Application Date: 2015-08-20
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Publication No.: US09966912B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: José Manuel García González , Andreas Fitzi
- Applicant: ams AG
- Applicant Address: AT Unterpremstaetten
- Assignee: ams AG
- Current Assignee: ams AG
- Current Assignee Address: AT Unterpremstaetten
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: EP14190129 20141023
- International Application: PCT/EP2015/069158 WO 20150820
- International Announcement: WO2016/062429 WO 20160428
- Main IPC: H03F3/45
- IPC: H03F3/45 ; H03F1/22 ; H03F3/30

Abstract:
An amplifier circuit with a differential input and a differential output comprises a first and a second pair of matched transistors having a first threshold voltage and comprising control terminals connected to the differential input. A first and a second pair of triplets of transistors having a second threshold voltage being different from the first threshold voltage is connected to each one of the pairs of matched transistors such that respective current paths are formed with these transistors. The currents are split up to bias current sources and to an output stage such that the current is reused for implementing a class AB operation. Furthermore, a current through bias transistors connected in the current path of the first and the second pair of matched transistors is mirrored to output transistors being arranged in a differential current path of the output stage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170310291A1 AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT AND AMPLIFIER ARRANGEMENT Public/Granted day:2017-10-26
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